{"product_id":"9781474295215","title":"The Making of Visual News: A History of Photography in the Press","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Making of Visual News\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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 \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePicture Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBerliner Illustrirte Zeitung \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVU\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharting changes in technology and reportage, as well as broader social and political histories, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Visual News\u003c\/i\u003e 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","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163846983920,"sku":"9781474295215","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781474295215_p0.jpg?v=1763605127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781474295215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}