Hi Bob I have a link here for you and you can watch all the series as Real Time video, but the commentary is in German. Should be still enjoyable for most of you.
http://www.sfdrs.ch/system/frames/highlights/photosuisse/index.php The CD, actually 2, are called "Photosuisse", I can't find details about subtitles or languages in the shop. Thanks for the links, I will soon follow them :-) greetings Markus >>Subject: Documentaries about HCB, Capa et al. (was Re: OT: What did you >>get for Christmas? >> >> >>Hi, >> >>[...] >>> To go a little more on topic: >> >>> national Swiss television SF1 released a DVD lately with interviews of 8 >>> minutes duration >>> of well known Swiss photographers and their work and view of >>Switzerland, a >>> series they broadcasted on TV first. >>> Sadly, I only saw one the interviews partly, so don't ask :-). >> >>I would be very interested to find out more details about those, if >>you can discover the details. >> >>> But I would like to know: >>> Is there any good material on DVD about photography or >>photographers like >>> HCB? >>> anybody knows? >> >>Yes. There have been several good documentaries about HCB and about >>Capa. Examples: >>http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/capa.shtml >>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0780019482/103-43596 02-3759834?v=glance Try the Fondation Cartier-Bresson for more details: http://www.henricartierbresson.org/ They include this PDF of films by and about him: http://www.henricartierbresson.org/hcb/ressources/HCB_filmo_fr.pdf There is series of videos/DVDs called 'Contacts' which are short films of photographers doing 'show and tell' with their contact sheets. I haven't seen any of them yet, but they are available from the Centre Nationale de la Photographie / Jeu de Paume in Paris: http://www.cnp-photographie.com/ - then follow the menu straight there. -- Cheers, Bob
