Picture Machine: The Rise of American Newspapers
HANNIGAN, William and Ken Johnston
Language: English
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 2004
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 288 pages. Text by William Hannigan and Ken Johnson. Includes 300 duotone images. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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- Title
- Picture Machine: The Rise of American Newspapers
- Author
- HANNIGAN, William and Ken Johnston
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 2004
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0810946424
- ISBN 13
- 9780810946422
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 5.75 pounds
- Seller catalogs
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The insatiable demand for photographic images led the news wire agencies to create a complete record of American life, and this book provides a fascinating look at the symbiotic nature of the photojournalistic process. Among the 300 photographs included in these pages are pictures of major events such as the crash of the Hindenburg, the Scopes trial, and Charles Lindbergh after his trans-Atlantic flight. But Picture Machine is not simply a chronology of world events or a collection of iconographic images. Even more interesting to the contemporary reader are the photographs created on "off" or slow-news days, including pictures that have not been seen since their original publication. AUTHOR BIO: William Hannigan is vice president of the portraiture division of Corbis, which houses the Bettmann Archive, one of the most extensive collections of historical content in the world. He is also editor and author of New York Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archive. Ken Johnston, now managing editor of historical collections for Corbis, began his career with historical images in 1985 as an employee of the Bettmann Archive. Both authors live in Brooklyn.
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