Picture Machine: The Rise of American Newspictures

by William Hannigan, Ken Johnston

A retrospective of the American news wire picture services examines their rise and the historical and cultural significance of the images they created, drawing on the United Press International archives to demonstrate how such images captured and molded American identity during such events as the Hindenburg disaster, the Scopes trial, and Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight. 15,000 first printing.

Genres: Photography

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Cutch Armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really spectacular photos.

[AskHistorians]

While mostly a collection of photographs, there is a very nice preface that discusses the adoption of photography by newspaper companies.