Titanic Unseen: Images from the Bell and Kempster Albums

by Senan Molony, Steve Raffield

The work of two passionate photographers, Philip Bell and John Kempster, offer insights into what it meant to build, deploy and operate the great White Star ships in the era of Titanic . From the surging spectacle and excitement of a launch, to the lazy days of a long homeward haul from Australia, we see intimate details of life on-board or are asked to confront the ever-present dangers of an industrial shipyard. RMS Titanic was from the gene pool of an ever-strengthening fleet of vessels that eventually extended to a globe-girdling enterprise. These rare pictures, from a pair of extraordinary albums, provide her context.

144 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2016

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every year around this time I get to thinking about the Titanic and I’ll-fated maiden voyage.

More than 100 years have passed since she sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean so there isn’t much about this maritime disaster that we don’t know. However, this book gives readers aim insight into the White Star Line, and Harland & Wolff’s amazing ship building prowess of the time. Along with a photographic journey of pre-launch/dry dock imagery.

Titanic was a magnificent ship to be sure, but had she not suck, she wouldn’t be anywhere near as infamous and immortal as she is today.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal picture quality and several images that I hadn’t seen before in my other research