PICTURE STORIES: How one magazine transformed photography
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**** "inspiring documentary" - The Guardian
**** "a fascinating documentary and a revelation...watch and be amazed" - Movies1
Winner, Audience Award, 2021 UK Jewish Film Festival
Picture Post was the best-selling weekly magazine in Britain during and after WWII, with over 5 million readers.
During its heyday, Picture Post revolutionised the way photographers portrayed the lives of ordinary British people: at home, on the street, unposed.
Through its powerful picture stories, Picture Post helped to transform post-war Britain, and changed the face of British photography.
This documentary tells the story of Picture Post from the perspective of some of Britain’s leading modern-day photographers, and through archive interviews with Picture Post photographers, writers and editors. At its heart are the picture stories that resonated so strongly with the British public.
We're screening the film at Inusual Project, a cool cultural space in the heart of Raval, near MACBA. Come early, and enjoy a drink before (and after) the show!