Local News - Hardcover

Heiferman, Marvin; Keaton, Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1891024132 ISBN 13: 9781891024139

Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 1999

Synopsis

"These 92 duotones... Hearken back to the days of whiskey-breathed news hacks and cigar-chamoing shutterbugs leering out from behind weathered Speed Graphics with no. 2 press bulbs and lightsaber flashes.... Good fun at a good price."--Library Journal

About this title

From Library Journal

The L.A. Herald Express was a tabloid rag started by Citizen Hearst in 1931, which miraculously managed to line the bottoms of bird cages for 30 years until merging with the L.A. Examiner. The paper thrived on grab-you-by-the-throat headlines, sensationalistic stories, and photos of everything from tear-jerker shots of lost dogs, to gruesome crime scenes of headless and handless corpses, to fires, cross-dressers, and school kids practicing air-raid drills in hopes that hiding under their desks would protect them from being turned into raisins in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Commies. These 92 duotones selected by editor Keaton (yes, it's that Diane Keaton) hearken back to the days of whiskey-breathed news hacks and cigar-champing shutterbugs leering out from behind weathered Speed Graphics with no. 2 press bulbs and lightsaber flashes. Mostly kitschy now, they nonetheless have value in showing how editors enhanced the emotional kick of a still photo by retouching the prints with drawn-in tears, etc. Press photography is gaining acceptance as an art form, so this volume should be of interest. Good fun at a good price. Recommended.
-Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1891024132
• ISBN 13: 9781891024139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Kismaric Carole