Press Photo History Project listed on the UK Web Archive

By Will Carleton April 5, 2013 Will Carleton

Great news here – this site has been listed on the British Library’s UK Web Archive.
We were contacted last year by the British Library archiving team who had identified the site as a useful resource.
The Press Photo History project is currently mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street, with a long term plan to map all press photo agencies throughout the world.
More on the British Library project here webarchive.org.uk

Why is it important?

At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

Press Photo History Project listed on the UK Web Archive

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