Photo: A History from Behind the Lens — Season 1, Episode 5: Pictorialism
Documentary • 26 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
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
Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.