Ways of seeing is a documentary which was was in 1972. It teaches us to view paintings as we, or most people have ever seen them before. The documentary is narrated by John Berger and it focuses on the artistic side to photography. There are many different ways in which we can view a picture and John Berger shows us a fresh perception. He explains how the invention of the camera not only changed what we were able to see, but more importantly it changed how we see the world. It gave us the ability to see one side of the world one minute and the opposite side the next minute. The documentary also highlighted how we are now able to view one single photo in millions of different places at one, we no longer have to travel in order to view an image. Frequently throughout the documentary Berger refers to the camera as a "messenger of images." It is a very comprehensive documentary, both an interesting and informational story teller of the camera, and art and how today they go hand in hand to portray images in multiple ways.
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