American Photography: A Century of Images
Season 1 • Episode 3: Photography Transformed, 1960-1999 • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: Photography Transformed, 1960-1999
October 13, 1999 • 57 min
The photographic image remains dominant, factoring significantly in landmark events like the Cuban Missile crisis, the Vietnam War, and Civil Rights violence -- but challenges are rising. Television and motion pictures increasingly compete for the visual landscape. Computer technology undercuts the notion of "photographic truth" by enabling the alteration of photographs without detection.
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