(Ways of Seeing)

Overview: John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how what we see is always influenced by a whole host of assumptions concerning the nature of beauty, truth, civilization, form, taste, class and gender. Exploring the layers of meaning within oil paintings, photographs and graphic art, Berger argues that when we see, we are not just looking - we are reading the language of images.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Networks:

BBC Two

Year:

1972

Directors:

Mike Dibb

Actors:

Self

Crews:

Sound Designer

Editor

Writer

Cinematography

Director