Description
In the beginning, there was the *camera obscura*; this process—consisting of a simple hole that allowed light to pass through, thereby creating an image projected onto a surface—was easily replicable at home...
Then, in 1828, Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in printing an image onto a plate—marking the invention of photography. Since then, a frenetic race to create images has swept the globe, fueled by its 45 billion cameras.
Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck take us on a whirlwind journey into the heart of this revolution, offering an entertaining, concise, and intelligent history of image-making and content production. From the first photograph to views of Earth from the Moon, from propaganda imagery to "beauty-filtered" selfies, and from game shows to cat videos, humanity seems to have recorded everything—constantly developing technologies that alter our experience of reality.
Directed by: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck / Sweden / 2023 / 85 min / Subtitled
In partnership with the Departmental Media Library.
