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Series analysing the public image of ten world icons. This edition explores how John F Kennedy used photography to conceal two secrets that had the power to destroy his presidency.
29:00Series looking at photographs of ten icons. This edition explores how photography changed the relationship between the monarchy and the public during Queen Victoria's reign.
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Greta Garbo was one of the most mysterious and secretive film stars of the 20th century - she cast a spell over Hollywood in the 1920s and 30s with her exotic looks and hypnotic presence. She was ferociously protective of her private life and detested being photographed off the movie set. 29:00 Expired
Mahatma Gandhi, the man who brought the British Empire to its knees, was a master of media manipulation. For a non-violent campaigner who employed protest, prayer and fasting, the photograph was one of the mightiest weapons in the fight to liberate India. 29:00 Expired
In just three films and a career spanning 18 short months, James Dean captured the imagination of a new generation, hungry for a different kind of Hollywood hero - sensitive, spontaneous, unconventional and sexually ambiguous. His sudden, violent death in a car crash aged just 24 guaranteed him the immortality he craved an... 29:00 Expired
Marilyn Monroe is known primarily as a movie star, but she always preferred being photographed. Faced with the pressure and chaos of the film set, she was often anxious and full of self-doubt. One-on-one with a photographer, she felt at ease and in control. 29:00 Expired
Adolf Hitler, the first state leader to have a totally manufactured image, used photography to hypnotise and corrupt a nation. In the 1930s, the photographer Heinrich Hoffmann transformed the young camera-shy politician into a figure of absolute power, helping to mastermind one of the most successful campaigns of mass mani... 29:00 Expired
Series which unearths photographs previously lost or suppressed, to explore the power of the image and the nature of iconography. It decodes the carefully constructed public image of ten of the world's most photographed people to reveal more about the personalities, lives and intentions of the subjects.