The Genius of Photography - Episode 03: Right Time, Right Place

BBC, Tim Kirby, Chris Rodley, Denis Lawson (narrator)

Title: The Genius of Photography - Episode 03: Right Time, Right Place
Producer: BBC, Tim Kirby, Chris Rodley, Denis Lawson (narrator)
Category: Arts & Artists, Genius of Photography
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Added: Jul 13th 2011
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Being in the right place at the right time, the decisive moment, getting in close - in the popular imagination this is photography at its best, a medium that makes us eyewitnesses to the moments when history is made. But just how good is photography at making sense of what it records? Is getting in close always better than standing back, and just how decisive are the moments that photographers risk their necks to capture? Set against the backdrop of the Second World War and its aftermath, The Genius of Photography - Right Place, Right Time examines how photographers dealt with dramatic and tragic events like D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima, and the questions their often extraordinary pictures raise about history as seen through the viewfinder. With contributions from Magnum legends Philip Jones Griffiths and Susan Meiselas, soldier-lensman Tony Vaccaro and broadcaster Jon Snow.

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