Public Images - Celebrity, Photojournalism, and the Making of the Tabloid Press

The stolen snapshot is a staple of the modern tabloid press, as ubiquitous as it is notorious. This in-depth account of its social and cultural history is an invaluable source of new research for historians of photography, journalism, visual culture, media and celebrity studies.

List of contents

1. “For those who could see but could not read”: Photojournalism in London, 1904-19382. Shooting People: The Press Photographer and the Candid Portrait 3. Snapping the Royals: The Press Photographer and the Challenge to the British Monarchy4. Spectacular “Society”: Celebrity and Aristocratic Decline in the Photographic Press5. “The snapshots of press photographers are governed by no law”: The Tabloid Photographer and the Right to Privacy.

About the author

Ryan Linkof is Assistant Curator in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). As well as curating many exhibitions he has taught courses in film history and humanities at the University of Southern California, and the history of photography at Brooks Institute.

Summary

The stolen snapshot is a staple of the modern tabloid press, as ubiquitous as it is notorious. This in-depth account of its social and cultural history is an invaluable source of new research for historians of photography, journalism, visual culture, media and celebrity studies.

Foreword

This history of British tabloid photojournalism, a globally influential cultural form, charts the origin of the unauthorised celebrity snapshot through the first half of the 20th century

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Linkof, Ryan (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Linkof
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Edwards (Editor), Jennifer Tucker (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2018
• EAN: 9781474243964
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4396-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Photography, History: History, Photography; Photography, History: History,; Photography, History: History, Photography; Photography, History: History,
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, 20th Century, Social & cultural history, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrity, Press & journalism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Photography and photographs, Photographic reportage, The arts: general topics