Time and motion

United States, 1984

Film
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Episode number 13 of Series “The Photographic vision”.
Discusses action photography, demonstrating how to capture the precise instant in which all elements of the photograph come together to form the most perfect construction, tension and drama. Guest photographers describe various approaches to action photography.

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Credits

producer

Sandra Ostertag

production company

CBS

Coast Community Colleges

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

KOCE-TV (Television station : Huntington Beach, Calif.)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1984

Appears in

The Photographic vision

Group of items

The Photographic vision

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305807

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Action photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Open learning

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Photography - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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