![]() ![]() According to the novelist Ali Smith, who watched it as a child, “even its title set me on a road where I knew there wasn’t just seeing, there were … ways of it”. Ways of Seeing has inspired generations of writers, artists and curators, spawning academic conferences and tribute programmes. ![]() This idiosyncratic documentary, made on a shoestring budget, has been snapping eyes open for half a century. It had a modest audience and few reviews, and yet the anonymous critic was right. ![]() “If you are in the least interested in art,” it began, “have your set tuned and be ready to have your eyes opened by John Berger in the first of a stunning new series.” Ways of Seeing was broadcast on BBC Two at the unpromising hour of 10.05pm on a Saturday night, the same time as Match of the Day. O n 2 January 1972, the Sunday Times ran a short preview for a new documentary. ![]()
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