Nov
27
2010
This is the second part of Pocket cinema section screening BBC documentary The Genius of Photography… If you’ve missed episodes covering early stages of photography history just click here – Pocket cinema: The Genius of Photography documentary series, episodes 1-3

Photo above: Liz Shaking Fist at Ray by Richard Billingham (c)
Photo bellow: New Brighton by Martin Parr, Magnum (c)
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Nov
27
2010
Raise hands who like BBC documentaries on my blog… Oh, I see many hands, I’m satisfied… Well, I have great news for you! Here is one of the BBC latest documentary series The Genius of Photography.

Photo above: Bichonnade Leaping by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Jacques-Henri Lartigue Foundation (c)
Photo bellow: Motion Study by Eadweard Muybridge
Stanford University (c)
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Mar
11
2010
Is it possible to travel through time? Not with sophisticated tech machinery but via photography. After all, who says that travelling via photography isn’t sophisticated?!
Those are some questions on which Ana Peraica is trying to find the answer within photography projects Negativeland and Positiveland.

From Negativeland series by Ana Peraica (c)
Glass negative of Nikola Kuzmanic, Leica lens in B&W vs color conversion
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