Advertising Photography in the 1930s

Synopsis

Examples of the type of photography carried out by Photographic Advertising Ltd in the 1920s and 1930s. The text includes the history of the company and its work in the context of the conventions of advertising photography of the inter-war period. A discussion of photographic techniques is accompanied by details of how the images were used in finished advertisements.

Language

English

Medium

Multimedia; 30 slides.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 2005 sale: £38.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Documentation

This set may also be purchased with the book ‘Selling the Image’ by John Hewitt and Helen Wilkinson (National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, 1996), ISBN 0 94848 9 162, price £5.95.

Subjects

Media studies

Keywords

advertising; commercial art; photography

Credits

Writer

Helen Wilkinson

Distributor

Name

Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design

Email

c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Web

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0161 247 1930

Fax

0161 247 6897

Address

The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG