Photo: A History from Behind the Lens - Season 1 - Eps 5: Pictorialism
50 years after it was invented, photography once again sought to rival painting. The debate was as old as photography itself: is photography merely a simple, mechanical "imitation" of reality, or can it interpret reality subjectively, as drawing and painting can?
About Photo: A History from Behind the Lens
Title: Photo: A History from Behind the Lens
First Air Date: 2009-12-13
Last Air Date: 2013-12-08
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: FR
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 12
Network: ARTE ARTE
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Camera Lucida
Synopsis
Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.
