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5. Lennart Nilsson - The Inner Child

Episode 5 of 5

Colin Ford explores how five groundbreaking photographs changed the world: Lennart Nilsson's picture of a foetus. From 1999.

Colin Ford tells the stories behind five groundbreaking photographs and how they changed the world.

Lennart Nilsson took his portrait of the Inner Child in 1965.

It became the first ever photograph of a live foetus taken inside its mother's womb and was used on the cover of Life magazine.

Producer: Hilary Dunn

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Dec 202409:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Mar 201507:15
  • Sun 1 Mar 201513:15
  • Sun 14 May 201710:45
  • Sun 10 Feb 201915:45
  • Mon 11 Feb 201903:45
  • Fri 6 Dec 202409:30