Cindy Sherman – Nobody’s Here But Me | Arena

Cindy Sherman – Nobody’s Here But Me | Arena

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1994

Using herself as the model, American artist Cindy Sherman has produced hundreds of photographs exploring the use of ...

S03E13: Gloucestershire | Local Heroes

S03E13: Gloucestershire | Local Heroes

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1998 | 28'59''

Adam Hart-Davis recalls the work of Edwin Beard Budding, who invented the lawnmower, and focuses on William Henry Fox Talbot, the fath...

01: A Style of One’s Own | Standard Grade Art and Design

01: A Style of One’s Own | Standard Grade Art and Design

Art and Design | BBC Two | 1990 | 18'55''

Program follows two photographers, Ian Phillips and Roslyn Gaunt, as they each fulfill a fashion photography b...

06: Snap Judgements | The Genius of Photography

06: Snap Judgements | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 59'15''

A look at the current state of the art, from phone cameras to digital post-production, and the rediscovery of 19th century te...

05: We Are Family | The Genius of Photography

05: We Are Family | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 58'59''

How the medium translates personal relationships into photographic ones, and what happens when photographers turn their cameras...

04: Paper Movies | The Genius of Photography

04: Paper Movies | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 59'08''

The three decades from the late 1950s onwards were the golden age of photographic journeys and colour photography.

03: Right Place, Right Time | The Genius of Photography

03: Right Place, Right Time | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 59'09''

Photography at its best makes viewers eyewitnesses to events like D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima.

02: 1918-1945: Documents for Artists | The Genius of Photography

02: 1918-1945: Documents for Artists | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 59'08''

Following World War I, photography was the medium of the age, and used to promote radical utopia.

01: 1800-1914: Fixing the Shadows | The Genius of Photography

01: 1800-1914: Fixing the Shadows | The Genius of Photography

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2007 | 58'58''

How a technical problem was solved in 1839, paving the way for practical application.

On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 59'08''

Drawing on the BBC's rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographe...

Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Episode 1 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 58'57''

Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Ca...

Episode 2 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Episode 2 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 59'04''

Eamonn McCabe explores how British photographers responded to historic events in the first half of the 20th century and tr...

Episode 3 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Episode 3 | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 59'03''

Photographer Eamonn McCabe traces the story of British photography from the explosion of colour images in the late 1950s t...

Mahtab Hussain | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Mahtab Hussain | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2018 | 28'32''

Documentary following photographer Mahtab Hussain, known for his portraits of working-class Muslim men exploring masculinity and...

Dougie Wallace | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Dougie Wallace | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 29'27''

Film following photographer Dougie Wallace as he finishes Harrodsburg, a series documenting the super-rich in one of the UK's mo...

Dennis Morris | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Dennis Morris | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2016 | 28'39''

Following Dennis Morris, whose images of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols helped define the art of rock photography, at work as he ...

Albert Watson | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Albert Watson | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 28'20''

Documentary following Albert Watson over the course of a day photographing the barren, beautiful landscape of the Isle of Skye.

Frank Quitely | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Frank Quitely | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 28'58''

Documentary following Frank Quitely over the course of a day and a night, as he works on a page from his latest work, Jupiter's L...

Tom Wood | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Tom Wood | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2014 | 28'48''

Profile of photographer Tom Wood as he visits Mayo in the west of Ireland, documenting his encounters whilst photographing the landsca...

Photography of everyday life | Art: Contemporary Visions

Photography of everyday life | Art: Contemporary Visions

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2007 | 4'00''

Martin Parr explores a food market looking for subjects for his latest project.

Modern photography | Age of the Image

Modern photography | Age of the Image

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2020 | 4'09''

James Fox explores how photography has shifted with the camera phone and social media.

Albert Watson | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Albert Watson | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 2'33''

The difference with Albert Watson's landscape photography is that he manipulates the images using any means necessary; in...

Ansel Adams | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Ansel Adams | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 2'03''

Ansel Adams spoke to the BBC a year before his death about some of his most famous landscape photographs.

Industrial landscape photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Industrial landscape photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 1'42''

Chris Killip is drawn to the industrial North of England and the placement of people against industry.

Cindy Sherman | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Cindy Sherman | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 4'00''

Cindy Sherman's use of self-portraiture has set her apart from her peers as she transforms herself into unnerving charact...

Eve Arnold and Marilyn Monroe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Eve Arnold and Marilyn Monroe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 2'05''

Eve Arnold speaks about Marilyn Monroe, her attraction to the camera and why Eve enjoyed photographing her.

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Robert Mapplethorpe | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 3'06''

Robert Mapplethorpe was regarded as very controversial for his explicitly homosexual photographs during the AIDS cr...

Angus McBean | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Angus McBean | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 3'31''

Archive recordings of Angus McBean reveal his beginnings in the theatre taking portrait photographs of Laurence Olivier.

Photography ethics | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Photography ethics | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 2'39''

Susan Sontag and Martin Parr appear in archive footage exploring the ethics of photography. (Contains nudity).

The Decisive Moment | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

The Decisive Moment | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 2'00''

''The Decisive Moment'' is a term famed by Henri Cartier-Bresson referring to the moment all the elements in a phot...

Corinne Day and Kate Moss | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Corinne Day and Kate Moss | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 1'48''

Corinne Day, a former model, switched the focus from the photographer to the model and in doing so sparked Ka...

Beauty in fashion photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Beauty in fashion photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 3'36''

David Hurn was one of the first of the new breed of fashion photographers, who used to shoot in his own s...

Different types of photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Different types of photography | On Camera: Photographers at the BBC

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 1'03''

A brief rundown of the different types of photographer and their attributes.

The power of images | Age of the Image

The power of images | Age of the Image

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2020 | 2'39''

James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

Laura Pannack | Artsnight

Laura Pannack | Artsnight

Art and Design | BBC World News | 2015 | 1'33''

Laura Pannack demonstrates her process as a photographer, and why she enjoys using film over digital.

Giles Duley | Artsnight

Giles Duley | Artsnight

Art and Design | BBC World News | 2015 | 6'29''

Giles Duley, despite starting in fashion photography, started travelling the world searching to document untold stories.

Richard Billingham | Artsnight

Richard Billingham | Artsnight

Art and Design | BBC World News | 2015 | 5'36''

Richard Billingham discusses his breakthrough photography that concerned his family.

Martin Parr | Artsnight

Martin Parr | Artsnight

Art and Design | BBC World News | 2015 | 7'14''

Martin Parr, known for his work highlighting the eccentricities of the British class system, photographs an English country show.

Mishka Henner | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Mishka Henner | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 4'29''

Mishka Henner makes artwork with images he finds on the internet, and in his studio, there isn't even a camera in sigh...

Fay Godwin | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Fay Godwin | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 4'06''

Faye Godwin wasn't recognised for years until her signature collection ''Land'', which captured Britain's landscapes in s...

Vanley Burke | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Vanley Burke | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 4'37''

Burke is one of the most important historical documentarians for afro-Caribbean culture in Britain today.

Roger Fenton | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Roger Fenton | Britain in Focus: Photographic History

Art and Design | BBC Four | 2017 | 3'34''

Roger Fenton pioneered early landscape photography and strived to make photography into fine art.

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