New series on Radio 4 looking at photography from the 19th century

[moggi1964]

Speed of light

 

[Billy_wiz]

Seems pretty good......................thank you.

 

[gramps]

"Radio 4 looking at"

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

"Radio 4 looking at"

I've looked at all our radios and cannot find the video socket.
How do we see the pictures they're talking about?

 

[Carabosse]

Yes radio is ideal for photography!

 

[Ed Sutton]

I've looked at all our radios and cannot find the video socket.
How do we see the pictures they're talking about?

You follow the links on the relevant BBC Sounds page.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

You follow the links on the relevant BBC Sounds page.

Darn it!

None of our radios have screens either...

 

[Ed Sutton]

Darn it!

None of our radios have screens either...

But whatever you're using to post here does.

 

[Barney]

Yes radio is ideal for photography!

And fishing!

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

But whatever you're using to post here does.

My laptop hasn't got an aerial...

 

[Nod]

I'll bet you can get R4 on it though.

 

[myotis]

Speed of light

Thanks, I've now listened to all five, and they are really interesting. Not exactly what I was expecting as they are in the style of a radio "Afternoon Story".

I don't think I had heard of Mayall before, and found the story about JMW Turner fascinating. Of the others I had heard of, and knew a bit about. Gardner and Nadar, but there was lots about all the photographers discussed that was totally new to me.

I found the links to the photographs a little disappointing, as not all the photographs discussed were available. But I have the same complaint about Black and White Photography magazine, where they often discuss photographs that aren't illustrated in the article.

Well worth a listen at only 14 minutes a pop, especially for anyone unfamiliar with photography during the era being discussed.