A History Of The World According To Getty Images

Richard Misek

19 min

UK, Norway

2022

A montage of iconic images from the last century. An investigation into the power of commercial image archives over our collective cultural memory, molded by commercial archives that control our perception of the past.

Richard Misek is a researcher and a professor of Screen Media at the University of Bergen in Norway. He has worked on the perception of public space in the metaverse, on the access to arts and digital culture, and on immersive non-fiction. His films have been screened at several prestigious festivals.