A new law has been passed in Britain against a crime that’s rooted in one of most basic human responses. In the last few years the explosion in social media and smart phone technology has given us a new way of getting vengeance. It’s called Revenge Porn. It destroys reputations. It ruins lives. Revenge Porn, Anna Richardson, Channel 4 2015
Nearly half of young people admit to sending naked photos. ibid.
‘I searched Facebook and saw loads of naked pictures of my mum.’ ibid.
There’s an estimated 3,000 websites worldwide which feature naked pictures of people posted without their consent. ibid.
Paparazzi, photographers who stalk their prey: celebrities. Climbing through bushes, peeking through car windows, all lying in wait for that perfect shot, for that perfect candid moment … Will they bear a true emotion? Uncensored with Michael Ware VIII: Paparazzi, National Geographic 2017
The most hated photographers in the world who are part of this massive money-making machine, the eco-system of celebrities. ibid.
This photograph pictures young Elizabeth Templeton posing in an area known as the Solway Firth. She is six years old and appears alone. But you are not seeing the entire image … What could be the first photograph of an extraterrestrial being. Alien Files Unsealed s1e12: The Solway First Spaceman, History 2012
A week later he [father] picks up the developed film at the chemist. ibid.
The British Ministry of Defence denies ever having investigators on the case. ibid.
What makes photographic evidence reliable? And how can you tell a real UFO photo from a hoax? Alien Files Unsealed s4e11: UFO Photos, History 2015
1905 Manchester, England, Mr Hope: The image of a woman had appeared on the photograph. Hope’s friend recognised her immediately: it was his sister who had died twelve years before. Mr Hope believed he had photographed a ghost. In Search of s6e3 … Ghosts in Photography, 1981
Man Ray immortalised the small band with this camera before returning to the arms of Kiki. The Adventures of Modern Art V: Libertad! Sky Arts 2020
The average person will take 25,000 selfies in their lifetime. I want to know if this is affecting our body image … Selfies could be making us feel worse about our appearance. Could they also be increasing our desire for cosmetic treatments? The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments II: The Body II, BBC 2020
Fairies Photographed: An Epoch-Making Event Described By A Conan Doyle. Strand Magazine Christmas edition
Francis Griffiths has brought her daughter to see the house in Cottingley where she lived with her cousin Elsie Wright during the First World War. Francis and Elsie used to go down to play by the Beck, the stream at the bottom of the garden, and it was by that stream they said in 1917 they took photographs of Fairies ... Francis and Elsie confessed the pictures were faked ... The case was cracked in 1928 with evidence from the Brotherton collection at Leeds University. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World of Powers, Discovery 2005
My father, who didn’t like being called dad, only Maurice, photographed the beauty and might of post-war industrial Britain. Maurice showed the triumphs of British industry before it was destroyed and whole communities laid to waste. Nick Broomfield, Arena: My Father and Me, BBC 2021
‘He set the bar high. He made factories look glamorous. He made them look sexy. He made them look really interesting.’ ibid. Professor Steve Macleod
My father wasn’t interested in showing conflict. He was a pacifist through and through. ibid.
It’s one of the most iconic photos of the twentieth century. Marcel, the perfect patsy, a respected military man, hung out to dry by a state-controlled cover-up. Roswell: The First Verdict IV: Discredit & Humiliate, Discovery 2021
An image of Nessie was captured in what become known as the surgeon’s photo. So called because it was supposedly taken by respected surgeon Robert Wilson ... It established the Loch Ness monster as a world-wide phenomenon. The picture clearly showed the head and neck of a creature emerging from the waters of Loch Ness. Loch Ness Investigated
The so-called surgeon’s photo. In the 1930s the surgeon’s photo caused a sensation. Not only did it seem to prove Nessie existed, it came from an impeccable source, a much-respected doctor. But the true story behind this picture is one of greed, deceit and a desire for revenge. ibid.
It never stops for the museum’s 900 staff … The wildlife photographer of the year awards … The largest photography competition of its type in the world. Natural History Museum: World of Wonder s2e2, Channel 5 2023