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The Genius of Photography

Episode 5: We Are Family

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC One West Midlands

Documentary series exploring the history of photography, from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

How the medium translates personal relationships into photographic ones, when strangers, celebrities, lovers and children get fed to the camera. Plus, what happens when photographers turn their cameras on themselves - what they choose to reveal and what do they try to conceal? Show less

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