Fixing the Shadows
In the most comprehensive look at the most influential art form in the world, the series explores every aspect of photography – from daguerreotype to digital, portraits to photo-journalism, art to advertising; in the UK, America, China, Japan, Africa and beyond. It includes interviews and encounters with some of the world’s greatest living photographers including William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, William Klein, Martin Parr, Sally Mann, Robert Adams, Juergen Teller, Andreas Gursky, Jeff Wall and many others.
But as well as telling the stories behind the world’s greatest photographs and the photographers who took them, the series examines the ‘genius’ of photography itself, this magical, unpredictable and democratic medium that has transformed the way we see ourselves and our world.
This episode asks what is a photograph worth these days? The current record for a single image is $2.9m. From America to China to Africa, we examine how the business of being a photographer has been changed by the art market’s sudden interest in what was once its poor relation.
Snap Judgements also looks at the impact of the digital post-production techniques that make anything possible.
This is a small segment of the documentary. You can still watch the full documentary through Veoh.
