The Portrait

United Kingdom, 1978

Film
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Episode number 2 of Series “Exploring Photography”.
Aims to improve the viewers’ understanding of portrait photography as a creative medium and to increase their awareness of the visual options available to them as photographers. Several still photographers discuss their work.

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Credits

producer

Peter Riding

production company

BBC

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1978

Appears in

Exploring Photography

Group of items

Exploring Photography

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323333

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Portrait photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Portraits

People → Portraits

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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