American Photography: A Century of Images
Photography Transformed, 1960-1999
TV-PG
S1 • E3 Oct 13, 1999 57mThe photographic image remains dominant, factoring significantly in landmark events like the Cuban Missile crisis, the Vietnam War, and Civil Rights violence -- but challenges are rising. Television and motion pictures increasingly compete for the visual landscape. Computer technology undercuts the notion of "photographic truth" by enabling the alteration of photographs without detection.