“This book explains why the "good old days" were only good for a priviledged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most. Sobering, actually. Che ck it out. About the Author Otto L. Bettmann is the founder of the famed Bettmann Archive in New York, one of the world's great picture libraries. Its resources, some three milli on prints and photographs, are used all over the world by publishers, educa tors, ad men and the audio-visual media. After acting as curator of rare books at
the State Art Library in Berlin, D r. Bettmann came to America in 1935, where he established the Archive and b ecame well known as an expert in the graphic arts. This book explains why the "good old days" were only good for a priviledged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most. Sobering, actually.” (Antiq. 05.2005).
Text engl. - Selection from a universal picture archive which includes UPI photographs (1907-1993), Reuters (1895-1993), International News Photo (1912-1958), Acme (1923-1960), Pacific & Atlantic (1925-1930), Hulton Deutsch Picture Company, Underwood & Underwood (1880-1955), Penguin and John Springer (movie stills), Oxford University Museum of the History of Science, Frank Driggs (Jazz), New York Daily Mirror (1947-1961), Barbara Morgan (dance). - 29.95 $
Enthält Biographien; Mitgliederverzeichnis. - Weitgehend identisch mit Foto-Selection 50 Jahre GDL. Ausstellung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner GDL, veranstaltet vom Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg und der Staatlichen Landesbildstelle Hamburg. s. Eintrag RHK.