A Photographic History Episode 2

[@vinny3908]

And then you find out this is a series..... Awsome :D thnks!

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Th platinotypes at 27:30 are a later way of the reproduction of photos from wet or dry plates and for many the best. Platinotypes don't fade due to the platinum and deliver a great tonality.

[@JENNYJAY49]

Brilliant, fantastic, and informative!

[@johnfairweather9188]

Love this series. The Sydney street criminals were anarchists as well as robbers.

[@baptistepayendessinphoto]

Very instructive content, thanks ! May we have the list of the photographers this documentary is talking about ? I try with google, but I can't find some of them, mainly because I'm french and I can't wright the names correctly based on what I hear !

[@frankinbolton]

This is a great series I love it. But I must say here from documentaries I've seen Brandt didn't stage the frame at 44.09 . it's sad that younger people don't read history. The lack of windows in the scene before was to block out the coal smoke. You wouldn't want to see outside anyways. Human hides so to speak. That aside this was wonderful to watch! Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@kartik7202]

are you sure about the staging thing?

[@AeonHorus]

Hahhaaahahaa I come from Halifax and I know that cobbled hill. Its near Wanehouse Tower right next to the Folly Pub (if that's what its still called). We used to laik around down there as kids!

[@lw3646]

Those photos of the Sydney Siege were very dramatic, I think its partly to do with their angle and perspective. I was hoping for a mention of autochrome but nevermind. Its interesting to see the transition to smaller and less cumbersome cameras and to snapshots where you can really really quickly snap a great moment if you are quick and have a bit of luck. The photography from 1937 and the blitz is also very powerful as is the everyday solider photography. I did feel though at the beginning the presenter was trying to justify a little why he did what he did on that day. He was doing his job and creating a powerful record but in the middle of a disaster when your fellow humans are in the process of being killed taking pictures of them does seems callous. I've often heard photo journalists talk about this ethical dilemma in the aftermath of an earthquake or a hurricane.

[@carolreid2]

I was disappointed, but not surprised, to hear the presenter flippantly announce that Bill Brandt's coal miner was "blackened up", and that the photograph was staged. This shows how little knowledge or genuine interest these academics have in working class life. I remember pre-Thatcher miners looking exactly like this in St Helens following their shift at the colliery. Not staged at all!