Titanic in Photographs

by Daniel Klistorner, Steve Hall, Bruce Beveridge

From the team of experts behind Titanic: The Ship Magnificent, this story of the Titanic in pictures, from build to maiden voyage, includes many rare images from collectors' archives



The name Titanic has become synonymous with catastrophe, the story of this luxurious liner legendary. Wrecked after colliding with an iceberg on her maiden voyage, the loss of around 1,500 lives among her passengers and crew has gone down in history as one of the most emotive and tragic disasters in history. In this evocative collection of photographs, the authors of Titanic: The Ship Magnificent tell her full story, from the shipyards of Harland & Wolff and its early vessels, with the backdrop of the great race to build the biggest and best passenger liner, to the frenzy of excitement surrounding her launch. Looking at her officers and crew, her stops at Cherbourg and Queenstown, and including some special, rare photographs, the book follows the story to its inevitable conclusion, considering the lifeboats, the presence of the Carpathia, and the aftermath of the disaster.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, European History, Photography

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2011

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a collection of photographs of a ship that lived on the ocean for only five days and a few hours. Lots of Father Browne's pictures were featured, including an extremely cool double exposure of the First Class deck and a First Class passengers' private Promenade deck. There were, unfortunately, quite a few Olympic pictures. With the title of the book being Titanic in Photographs , I found this disappointing. As I stated in a review for another book, after seeing the children's book Titanic Sinks! pulling off gorgeous pictures of just the ship in question, I must admit that seeing a book published in 2012 still featuring photos of another ship is a turn off of sorts. However, the saving grace of this book is the sheer number of pictures. Yes, a lot of them were the same shot with a tiny degree of angle change, but they were the actual ship. Text was well-written, the fate of the lifeboats (something that has bothered me since I was a girl) was addressed fully and there were a lot of shots I had not seen before. Even with some Olympic floating around in the book, it is still well worth the time and effort and is a good fit for a Titanic bookshelf.

[ReadaBook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exceptional history of this ship and tragic accident, in terms of both photographic content and written narrative. As I read it and studied these photos from construction to rescue activities post-accident, the majesty of the ship at that time, along with the horror of the iceberg collision, seems like it happened yesterday. Before reading this, and probably because I have not read a lot about the Titanic pre-iceberg, I was not aware of the near collision with another ship upon initial sailing. If only....
I took off one star because for much of the book I had difficulty reading the font used, and seeing some of the photo details, without use of a very strong light. (I am not ancient, although I do use reading glasses!)

[Mallory · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you think you have seen every possible photo that exists of Titanic, this book will prove you wrong. Definitely seek it out! I enjoyed the detailed captioning of each image. Some of my favorites were the images of the lifeboats after Carpathia dropped them off at White Star's pier - I'd often envisioned that scene but had not realized there were photographers who captured it.

[Amy Bea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had so many great photos and lots of small details not usually talked about in other books about the sinking of the Titanic. Thoroughly enjoyable.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid pick for any Titanic lover such as myself. For obvious reasons, the photos included in this book are primarily from the buildout and early construction of the fated ship, but there are some images from the first leg of the sailing, as well as of survivors arriving in New York City, that offer some emotional insight. I would say that you don't have to run out and buy this one, but definitely check it out from your local library if you're a Doomed Boat Nerd like me.

[MKF · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hesitant to read this because I knew there were not of pictures of the Titanic. I was surprised to see many photos that I never saw before which was enjoyable. This book depended way to much on the photographs and artwork of the Olympic to fill up space due to the fact they were identical to each other. It did reveal that many photographs and artwork has been passed in other books as being the Titanic when they are actually of the Olympic. Though it is an enjoyable book I had to give it three stars since it is not all photographs of the Titanic like the title states.