Vile Bodies

1998 - 1998

Naked

23rd March 1998

Episode 1

Joel-Peter Witkin reveals the motivations for his dark visions of deformed bodies; Jenny Saville discusses how her work challenges stereotypes of the female body; John Coplans presents his monumental black-and-white self-portraits, which celebrate the unexpected beauty and grandeur of an old man's naked body.

Kids

30th March 1998

Episode 2

An exploration of the work of photographers such as Sally Mann, Collier Shorr, Jouko Lehtola and Wendy Ewald who are pushing back the boundaries surrounding the traditional family snapshot pictures of childhood with bold and sometimes dark portraits.

The Dead

Episode 3

An examination of how photographers confront taking pictures of the dead. Among those featured are forensic photographer DC John Yearnshire, New York-based artist Andreas Serrano, young photographer Sue Fox and British artist Nick Waplington.

Top Cast

John Coplans•Edmund Coulthard•Jenny Saville

Director

James Kent

Writer

Edmund Coulthard

Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. One of a 3-part series exploring how contemporary photography is challenging some of our deepest-held taboos about the human body. "American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin discusses his dark visions of human bodies.

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Edmund Coulthard

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Adam Barker

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Paul Dosaj

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