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The Age of the Image is a four-part BBC documentary series that explores the power of visual culture in shaping the modern world. From painting and photography to film, advertising, and digital media, it shows how images have not only documented reality but redefined how we see, feel, and understand it.
Part 1: 📸 A New Reality
A New Reality traces how artists and early image-makers reshaped time and truth. From Cézanne to cinema, images evolved from reflections to tools for reimagining experience, blurring the line between fact and emotion.
Part 2: 🎯 Power Games
Power Games shows how images shape perception and sway opinion. From propaganda to protest, they’ve been used to uphold power, spark resistance, and drive change.
Part 3: 💋 Seductive Dreams
Seductive Dreams explores how images sell desire and fantasy, tracing how film, fashion, and ads have shaped ideals of beauty and fulfillment, blurring reality and dream to turn looking into longing.
Part 4: 🤖 Fake Views
Fake Views examines how digital tools have blurred the line between truth and illusion. From early special effects to deep fakes, advances in AI and image manipulation have eroded visual trust, turning images into powerful but often deceptive tools of influence.
