The Genius of Photography

This elegant, studious documentary - the first of a six-part series - leads us from ancient Rome to the Great War. Taking as its starting point the baffling natural phenomenon of c...

By the end of World War One photography had become the central medium of the age. Photographers began to turn their lenses to the plight of rural victims of the American Depression...

Examines the photographs of D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima raising questions about history as seen through the viewfinder.

After World War One the potential of photography attracted the attention of artists and governments alike.

Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the home, the self, and private life.

Shows how photography has become part of the art world where a single image can cost $2.9m and, in the digital world, where all images are possible.