TV Show

Genius Of Photography: Episode 5

Documentary

Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, private life. Programme 5 is about the pictures that photographers take of other people and the pictures they take of themselves. It's about what happens when photography translates personal relationships into photographic ones. The chronological heartland of the programme is the 1970s (the 'me' decade) and the 1980s (the 'me, me, me' decade) and includes examination of Diane Arbus's 'freaks' (whom she also regarded as 'aristocrats'), Richard Avedon's confrontations with celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and the confessional diaries of Nan Goldin and Araki.

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