Through the Lens
This mini-series profiles nine "adventure" photographers and examines how they are able to capture such difficult subjects as whale sharks, molten volcanoes, Mount Everest, and untouched pre-Inca tombs.
- 2004-2004
- 1 season
- Films for the Humanities and Sciences
- Documentary, Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
This mini-series profiles nine "adventure" photographers and examines how they are able to capture such difficult subjects as whale sharks, molten volcanoes, Mount Everest, and untouched pre-Inca tombs.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Carsten Peter: Danger Zone
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
A great photograph should speak for itself, but that doesn't mean there aren't great stories behind it. This program highlights the work of daring photographers who have captured images for National Geographic. Viewers are presented with a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of ten of the most exciting pictures from the magazine's recent history. Image locations range from icy mountains at immense heights to sweltering deserts below sea level. With offerings from photographers Tom Campbell, Greg Child, Karen Davies, and others, students learn what happened behind the lenses that captured some of the best adventure shots in recent memory. The first episode is preceded by a short introduction: "Elements of Photographic Composition" (0:47).
Episode 2
Nevada Wier: Split Second Timing
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 3
Bruce Kirkby: Endurance
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 4
Gordon Wiltsie: Getting the Right Angle
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 5
Greg Child: Human Ambition
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 6
Tom Sanders: Arrested Motion
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 7
Tom Campbell: Single Frame
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 8
Karen Davies: Capturing Energy
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
Episode 9
George Steinmetz: Heightened Perspective
Fri, Feb 20, 2004 5 mins
A portrait of George Steinmetz, an American freelance photographer, who has been on more than a dozen major assignments for National Geographic, and who has made a name for himself by taking spectacular aerial images from his paraglider. This ninth part closes the mini-series with the additional short subject "Photography: the Edge of Risk" (1:51).