Selling Photography: The Growth of British Photographic Manufacturing and Retailing, 1839-1914

by Michael Pritchard

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472420012
• ISBN13: 9781472420015
• Release Date: December 2028
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages