(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Shooting The Picture is the story of Australian press photography from 1888 to today—the power of the medium, seismic changes in the newspaper industry, and photographers who were often more colourful than their subjects. This groundbreaking book explores our political leaders and campaigns, crime, war and censorship, international events, disasters and trauma, sport, celebrity, gender, race and migration. It maps the technological evolution in the industry from the dark room to digital, from picturegram machines to iPhones, and from the death knock to the ascendancy of social media. It raises the question whether these changes will spell the end of traditional press photography as we know it.

The blurb tells you everything you need to know about what this book is, what it covers and the future of press photography...

What it doesn't tell you is the incredible collection of photographs and reporting that are contained within this volume. The range of topics in this book - from crime to war, from censorship to natural disasters - it is all here and brings to life some moments of Australian history that may have been forgotten, but also illustrates the lives these photographers lived and the risks they took to get that shot.

I really did enjoy this simple, but gorgeous book! However, it doesn't really work on the Kindle. Needs to be in hardback for sure!


Paul
ARH