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Civilisations

‘The Eye of Faith’ Dir: Matt Hill BBC

Winner GTC AWARD Documentary Photography 2019

Professor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art. For millennia, art has inspired religion as much as religion has inspired art. Yet there are fundamental problems, which all religions share, in making the divine visible in the human world. How, and at what cost, do you make the unseen seen? Beneath all works of religious art there always lies conflict and risk. The result is often iconoclasm - the destruction of works of art 

The visuals were simply superb
— The Telegraph
The camerawork is of the highest quality throughout
— Will Gompertz BBC
The series looks great.
— The Washington Post