Research Catalog

Title

The making of visual news : a history of photography in the press / Thierry Gervais ; in collaboration with Gaëlle Morel ; translated by John Tittenson.

Author

Gervais, Thierry

Publication

• London : Bloomsbury, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Morel, Gaëlle
• Tittenson, John

Description

xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

The Making of Visual News sets out to show how photography has changed the way we read, report and sell the news. It investigates how photographs first became news images at the end of the nineteenth century and how magazines in the USA, the UK, France and Germany have put them to use ever since. Drawing on a wide selection of images, author Thierry Gervais (in collaboration with Gaëlle Morel) analyses news photographs in the context of their original presentation in print. Highly illustrated, the book contains 85 full colour magazine layouts and spreads, offering the reader a view of how photographs were and are used in print publications, including Life, Picture Post, the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung and VU. It examines how photographs were employed to attract new readers throughout the twentieth century, arguing that photography was the main tool by which news editors sought to communicate the news and attract a broader readership. Looking beyond the roles of photographer and journalist, this study also highlights the contributions of picture editors and artistic directors; by commissioning photographs and incorporating images into magazine layouts, these figures played critical but often overlooked roles in the construction of visual news, even as they crafted unique styles for their publications. Charting changes in technology and reportage, as well as broader social and political histories, The Making of Visual News offers new insight into the history of photojournalism, making this an essential resource for students and scholars of photojournalism and the history of photography, media and culture.

Uniform Title

Fabrique de l'information visuelle. English

Alternative Title

• Fabrique de l'information visuelle.
• History of photography in the press

Subjects

• Photojournalism
• Press and propaganda
• History
• Photojournalism > History
• Press and propaganda > History
• Illustrated periodicals > History
• Photography > Social aspects > History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• First published in French in 2015.
• "Bloomsbury Academic"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Contents

Introduction -- The invention f the Magazine (1843-1918) -- General news magazines: European know-how (1919-1936) -- The Life model and the standardization of news magazines (1936-1976) -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JQD 18-6

ISBN

• 1474295193
• 9781474295192
• 1474295207
• 9781474295208

OCLC

985263140

Author

Gervais, Thierry, author.

Title

The making of visual news : a history of photography in the press / Thierry Gervais ; in collaboration with Gaëlle Morel ; translated by John Tittenson.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Morel, Gaëlle, contributor.

Tittenson, John, translator.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781474295215

Research Call Number

JQD 18-6