Selling Photography

The Growth of British Photographic Manufacturing and Retailing, 1839-1914
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4724-2001-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: The History of Retailing and Consumption

This book offers a new perspective on the history of British photography by exploring the economic growth of the industry from its origins in scientific instrument making to a mechanised industry producing cameras and sensitised materials for a mass market. It sheds new light on the technological changes that occurred within photography and the new markets that were opened up because of the advent of mass-produced equipment. It further explores the manufacturing, retailing and marketing methods that were set up to support the new industry during a period of rapid growth. Containing extensive previously unpublished data, this book will form a first point of reference for future researchers and writers on history of photography and related areas such as history of science, social and economic history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pritchard, MIchael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. The Early Period 4. The Decades of Expansion 5. Consolidation of an Industry 6. Retailing to Mass Market 7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Michael Pritchard is currently Director-General of The Royal Photographic Society and a Research Associate at the Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester. He was previously a Research Fellow at De Montfort University and in 2010 he consulted for the British Library preparing the Kodak Historical Collection for public access.