Picture Stories

  Directed by: Rob West Released: 2022 (educational) Year of Production: 2021 Running Time: 73 min Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: European Studies, History, Cinema and Film      HOW ONE MAGAZINE TRANSFORMED BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY Picture Post was Britain's best-selling weekly magazine during the 1940s and early 50s. Through its picture stories, Picture Post pioneered a completely new approach to the portrayal of British life, and in doing so helped to shape modern British photography. PICTURE STORIES, a feature-length documentary, explores that revolution through the eyes of some of Britain’s leading documentary and street photographers, and through archive interviews with Picture Post photographers, writers and editors. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT    Picture Post is arguably the most important magazine in British social history. It was born under the threat of War, and survived and flourished under the intense bombardment of the Blit