Print Matters

Reviews / Votes

As the editor of VU once declared, photography was invented twice:
first by Daguerre and Niepce and then, a century later, by the illustrated
magazine. This wonderful volume investigates this second invention in
fascinating detail, offering a global perspective on the development of a
multilayered, multimedia vehicle in which the photographic image is combined
with text and graphics to both celebrate and mediate the everyday experience of
modernity. Featuring essays by a panoply of stellar scholars, this is a book
that everyone must have on their shelf.



- Geoffrey Batchen, Professor of History of Art, University of
Oxford

Print Matters is a brilliant collection of essays exploring how the
illustrated magazine in the twentieth century became one of the key media for
shaping the everyday experience of modernity for citizens around the world. The
essays in this wonderfully illustrated volume demonstrate with panache how the
amalgamation of photography, text, and graphic design in the many magazines
that appeared in the last century both reflected and formed global forms of
modernity. With essays skilfully analysing magazines from Europe and the United
States to China, Vietnam, and South Africa, this is an essential volume for all
those interested in modern print culture.





- Professor Andrew Thacker, Department of English, Nottingham
Trent University