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Life through a lens: Celebrating 200 years of photography

Life through a lens: Celebrating 200 years of photography
France 24 Thursday 12 November 2026, 15:56 UTC By Olivia SALAZAR WINSPEAR 1 min read
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Life through a lens: Celebrating 200 years of photography Issued on: A passport photo, a selfie, an award-winning film and even the evening news: all of them were made possible thanks to a "fantastic machine", the camera. As France celebrates the bicentenary of the first fixed photographic image, we discuss the image-obsessed society we live in with filmmaker Maximilien Van Aertryck and artist Alina Frieske. In his award-winning documentary "What a fantastic machine!", Maximilien explores...

Life through a lens: Celebrating 200 years of photography Issued on: A passport photo, a selfie, an award-winning film and even the evening news: all of them were made possible thanks to a "fantastic machine", the camera. As France celebrates the bicentenary of the first fixed photographic image, we discuss the image-obsessed society we live in with filmmaker Maximilien Van Aertryck and artist Alina Frieske. In his award-winning documentary "What a fantastic machine!", Maximilien explores the industry that swiftly grew up around photography, and its capacity to influence, manipuate and entertain. We also learn more about Alina's very personal use of photographic material in her artwork, which interrogates the aesthetics and politics of self-representation in the age of social media. Related keywords
France (LOCATION) Maximilien Van Aertryck (PERSON) Alina Frieske (PERSON) Maximilien (PERSON) Alina (PERSON)
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