The story of the pictures we have taken and where they have taken us. The series traces the profound effect photographs have had on American life-- influencing what we buy, how we dress, how we get the news, and in the matters of life and death, medicine, science, and war.
The story of the pictures we have taken and where they have taken us. Dramatic and intimate stories trace photography's role as a recorder of public events, family historian, vehicle for artistic expression, and tool for influencing public opinion. Whether it be the evocative art photography of an Edward Weston, a first fragile image of the Earth taken from space, glamorous photographs of the latest fashions, a Dorothea Lange look at a bread line during the Great Depression, or a powerful war image by Robert Capa, the program captures the images of a century of change in this country and the role the camera has played both in creating and documenting it.
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