Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC four-part television series of 30-minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. Berger’s scripts were adapted into a book of the same name. The series and book criticize traditional Western cultural aesthetics by raising questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. The series is partially a response to Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation series, which represents a more traditionalist view of the Western artistic and cultural canon.

CW: Around the 20 minute mark, footage of an execution is briefly shown.

Related essays can be found on ways-of-seeing.com

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netM
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    4 months ago

    Cheers for sharing this here, I’ve watched about half of the first episode, and I’m quite enthralled. Old docs from the 70’s like this are my favorite.

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        4 months ago

        It’s a shame the Archive version isn’t quite as high fidelity, though in a way it sort’ve adds to the charm.

        Yes! I love David’s docs. It’s a shame some of them were lost in his house fire a few years ago. :(

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          4 months ago

          Oh no! I didn’t know that, what a bummer :( My favorite one of his is about the boomers who didn’t rebel.