The Genius of Photography - Snap Judgements

Documentary series exploring the history of photography, from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising. A look at the current state of the art, from a three-million-dollar Edward Steichen print to the estimated 29 billion photographs taken in 2006 by phone cameras alone, as well as the impact of digital post-production techniques that make anything possible, and the rediscovery of techniques which take photography back to the 19th century.