The Mass Image: A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London

The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before.

Author: G. Beegan
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/01/2008
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.82h x 6.04w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780230553279

About the Author
GERRY BEEGAN is a design historian, designer, and curator who teaches at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, USA. His writings have been published internationally in venues such as the Journal of Visual Culture, Design Issues, the Journal of Design History and dot dot dot magazine.