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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
More than four decades of 20th-century America are filtered through Lange’s life and lens — her creations and achievements, her tragedies and losses. Known for her powerful images from the Great Depression, her haunting "Migrant Mother" remains emblematic of that period. In 1936, when photographs of the poverty-stricken mother of seven, stranded in a camp in California, were published, a national awareness began. As America matured into a world...
Publisher
Pixiu Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Herbert Matter designed a series of cutting-edge Swiss travel posters that won international acclaim for the pioneering use of photo-montage combined with type. Always striking a balance between fine art projects and commercial work, the taciturn designer found his own unique language. He was inspired by Russian constructivists and taught by artists in Paris in the late 20s. With his photography he was adept in documenting the early furniture of Charles...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An hour long documentary about pioneer photographer Lewis Hine, who documented child labor and the building of America from 1900-1940. Hine's work helped establish child labor legislation and is an important part of our national heritage.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1935 photographer Willard Van Dyke moved to New York with the belief that films "could change the world" and began a new career as a filmmaker. His name soon became synonymous with social documentary in the U.S. His images of cottonfields, steelmills and industrial towns, and his portraits of unemployed factory workers and their families, provide an invaluable chronicle of those years and have become timeless examples of cinematic art. A candid...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Visually captivating and intriguing, contemporary art is admired and appreciated by many in museums and galleries. Yet few are given access to the creative processes behind the work—the inspirations and ideas that translate into compelling finished objects. Through in-depth profiles and interviews, Season 4 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" reveals the inspiration, vision and techniques behind the creative works of some of today's most accomplished...
Publisher
Art21, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Meet contemporary artists at work and speaking in their own words- direct, accessible, and unfiltered ...This unique four-hour series spotlights 17 artists the United States today, and invites viewers behind the working in scenes to see artists at work in their homes, communities,and unexpected sites- from an old-growth forest to a military base to a film set. The artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors, and video artists, demonstrate...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Each series explores the works of Australia's contemporary photographers. It also includes 'After Two Hundred Years' which documents the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in the late 1980's.The series features talented photographers Fiona Hall, Emmanuel Angelicas, Jon Lewis, Max Pam and Grant Mudford.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus."--Container.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Contemporary art breaks out of the confines of museums and art galleries in Season 2 of “Art in the Twenty-First Century.” Shattering the myth of the artist as an isolated genius, this unique series introduces television audiences to 16 artists working in America today. "Art in the Twenty-First Century" is the only series on television to focus exclusively on contemporary art, and it uses the medium to provide an experience of the visual arts...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years she captured the surfaces of those who visited her Massachusetts studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the 21st century, American artists are taking self-expression and the artistic process into uncharted territory. Today's artists are engaging the world and their audiences in vital and surprising new ways. They use an enormous variety of media and draw on sources ranging from pop culture and politics to ethnic heritage, classical models, and deeply personal life experiences. The artists featured in the series represent a cross-section...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Few American artists have reached a wider audience or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime than Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams had a profound impact on how Americans see the majesty or their continent and helped transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, this portrait of Adams portrays the great artist and...
Publisher
Alive Mind Cinema
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.
Publisher
Eastman Kodak [distributor]
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Annie Leibovitz, after a video presentation of a session in which she photographed the dancer David Parsons, talks about photography and comments upon her own work from 1970 to 1990. After the lecture she answered questions from the studio audience and call-in viewers
18) Smash his camera
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ron Galella, notorious paparazzo, captured some of the most memorable celebrity photographs. In order to do so, he suffered everything from a restraining order to a broken jaw. Includes archival footage of Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Brad Pitt, Marlon Brando, and more.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [Distributor]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A biographical documentary film following the life and career of the photographer Sebastião Salgado, both the major historical events he has photographed and his current project to photograph Earth's natural spaces.
Publisher
Arts Alliance America
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Casting aside a certain and comfortable future, Sam Wagstaff became a curator with a taste for unique and controversial photography. In photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who was 25 years his junior, he found not only a romantic partner, but an artistic collaborator. This compelling documentary explores the relationship between the two men during the 1970s and '80s and their influence over the New York art"--Turner Classic Movies website
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