This series on photography was occasioned by the 150th anniversary of the medium's invention. The programs take the form of film essays which look at varying aspects of photography throughout its history. The series draws from over 20 different collections of photographs in museums, archives, and private collections in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and France - an altogether splendid source of the best, most interesting, most innovative photographs in the century-and-a-half of this medium which revolutionized art and archivism.

There are six 26-minute programs in the series:THE PENCIL OF NATURE; DOMESTIC MEMORIES; THE BEST OR NOTHING; THE EYES OF EMPIRE; THE REAL THING; and, THE MAGIC MIRROR