Pictures on a page: Photo-journalism, graphics and picture editing

by Harold Evans, Edwin Taylor (Contribution by)

A collection of news photographs with first-hand accounts of how photography has given shape to important moments in modern history. Many leading photographers were interviewed for the book, which includes an analysis of how photographs are taken, selected and edited for newspapers and magazines.

Genres: Photography, Journalism, Art, Nonfiction, Design

332 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Harold Evans is an English-born journalist and writer who was editor of the Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. A graduate of Durham University, he has written a number of bestselling histories. He followed the late Alistair Cooke in commentaries on America for the BBC. An American citizen since 1993, he has held positions as editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly Press, founding editor of the prize-winning Conde Nast Traveler; editorial director of the Atlantic and US News and the New York Daily News; and president and publisher of Random House. He holds the British Press Awards' Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement of Journalists. In 2001 British journalists voted him the all-time greatest British newspaper editor, and in 2004 he was knighted. Since 2011, he has been editor-at-large for Reuters.

Reviews

[Nedislav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Simply marvellous. Thanks to my art theory teacher Els Kuijpers.

Harrold Evans created a very precise and easy guide to what a good picture is and how to treat it with respect. It came exactly when I needed to read something practical and I learnt a lot in short amount of time.

He gives examples of composition, colour, subject and context. The images are good and bad, so you can see what to do and what not to do.

Very entertaining and enjoyable read for all visual people, journalists and more.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book for those interested in photo editing and publication design.

[Dev Tank · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was given to me at a time when I was still working as a photojournalist, but had gone freelance and was not working specifically for newspapers.
The book changed my way of seeing, radically, and has influenced my way of thinking, critically on everything I shoot.

It presents you with an established format of how to best represent your subject, and then adds the critical thinking support, giving you, the photographer, an insight into how the image will look as it appears on newsstands. This applies even today online and is especially important considering the vast amount of photography that now exists which didnt back then. A solid image is a solid image, and what makes it a solid image, if you think about whats in the frame, and add context and background knowledge this book shows you how to think through before pressing the button.

It is the most valuable photography book I have ever read.