Photography
AMERICA AND LEWIS HINEAmerican Studies Art History Photography Directed by Women Immigration
Portrays the life of America's pioneer social photographer, Lewis Hine (1874-1940), who
recorded the waves of immigration around the turn of the century and the development of
industrial America during the first four decades of the 20th century, from the sweatshops
of New York's Lower East Side to the mines, mills and factories across the nation. The
video blends Hine's photos with historical footage and interviews.
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LIGHT MEMORIES OF RIOLatin-American Studies Photography Short Films
Examines the history of photography in Brazil, dating from 1839, and simultaneously
traces the history of the development of Rio de Janeiro as one of the world's major cities
and a political and cultural center of Brazil. The video discusses the experiences of
photographers of the period, showing the evolution of photography as an art and a trade.
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IMAGES IN STRUGGLEAfrican Studies Media Studies Photography Short Films
Examines the role played by South African photographers in the struggle to end
apartheid, featuring interviews with these professionals who talk about their work and
aspirations.
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JOHN HOAGLAND: FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHERMedia Studies Photography Short Films
Examines the life and work of John Hoagland (1947-84), a leading photographer for AP,
UPI, the Gamma-Liaison Agency and Newsweek, and one of this generation's best war
photographers.
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MARTIN CHAMBI AND THE HEIRS OF THE INCASAnthropology Latin-American Studies Photography Spanish Language
Profiles the life and work of Martin Chambi (1891-1973), a full-blooded Indian, who ran
his own photographic studio in Cuzco, Peru's ancient Inca capital, where he
photographed many of Peru's wealthy European families.
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TIME AND LIGHT: A FILM ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS
Examines the nature of photography and its powers of expression by combining photos
with commentary by photographers such as Marc Camille Chaimowicz and the late Jo
Spence and critics such as Halla Beloff (Camera Culture) and John Berger (Ways of
Seeing).
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THE OTHER HALF REVISITED: THE LEGACY OF JACOB RIISAmerican Studies American History Media Studies Photography Art History Pacific Street Films
More than 100 years ago, in his journalism and his influential book, How the Other Half
Lives, photojournalist Jacob Riis dramatically portrayed issues of homelessness, poverty,
crime, public health, and race relations in America.
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TELEFOTO
Profiles several different photojournalists, whose work offers a remarkable witness to
current events, and who explain, in moving terms, what personally motivates their often
dangerous efforts.
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HONEST VISION: A PORTRAIT OF TODD WEBB
Chronicles the life and career of Todd Webb, one of America's greatest
photographers.
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HINDESIGHT
This video tells the story of John Hinde, a British photographer who pioneered in color
photography in the Thirties, emigrated to Ireland in the Fifties with a traveling circus and
later established one of the world's largest postcard empires.
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STEFAN LORANT: MAN IN PICTURESCinema Studies Europe Media Studies Photography
This video chronicles the career of the Budapest-born Stefan Lorant (1901-1997), one of
the twentieth century's most influential photo editors and a pioneer in photojournalism.
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