Age of the Image

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How images have changed the way we look at the world.

Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

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James Fox

Richard Bright

Alexander Leith

Ben Ryder

Age of the Image: Series 1: Seductive Dreams

Seductive Dreams

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How postwar image-makers created visions of fantasy and desire.

James Fox examines how artists, film-makers and advertisers have used images to sell us fantasies of a better life.

James Fox tells the story of how, in the second half of the 20th century, artists, advertisers and film-makers used the power of images to sell us dreams. From the influence of Kodak on our family photos to psychologists persuading us what to buy, he explores how images seduced us with fantasies of a better life.

It’s a journey that takes us from the early days of the Marlboro Man to the radical feminist art of Judy Chicago and the reaction to male-dominated visual culture. Along the way, he celebrates Fellini’s mastery of cinematic fantasy, David Hockney’s subversive visions of male desire and Madonna’s groundbreaking music videos.

Age of the Image: Series 1

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