“Illustrated papers have become a feature. Every newspaper stand is covered with them. Every railroad is filled with them. They make the battlefields, the coronations, the corruptions of politicians, and naval heroes. They are, in brief, the art gallery of the world.”
That was Frederic Hudson’s perception of the illustrated newspaper, emphasizing the importance of pictorial reporting in a newly developed nation. Pictorial reporting was introduced to America by Frank Leslie, giving way to a transformation in news and rapid visualization of events. After the Civil War began, Leslie and his competitors strived to provide their readers with visuals rather than simply written accounts. Images of conflict and destruction kept the public fixated …show more content…
Brown specifically details on Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper from 1855 to 1889. An Executive Director of the American Social History Center for Media and Learning at the University of New York, Brown is thoughtful in explaining the relationship between photography, journalism, and the social culture. He is also an adjunct professor at the university, where his main interest in research lies in the nineteenth century U.S social and cultural history, visual culture, and contemporary media. Brown supervised visual projects including the “Who Built America?” documentaries and CD-ROMs. His illustrations and cartoons are featured in scholarly publications and digital media. In addition to Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Brown briefly mentioned work from Leslie’s competitors such as Harper’s Weekly, the New York Daily Graphic, among others. Brown uses Frank Leslie’s as a point to reflect on the social history crises that occurred, because Leslie’s illustrations and content epitomized the late nineteenth …show more content…
231), freed African Americans in the South (pg. 129), and the war between capital and labor to depict the immense changes occurring during this era. Leslie skillfully captured countless portrayals of the violence and corruption damaging the nation during a time of deconstruction. Brown describes Leslie’s violent conflict portrayals as ruthless rioting, soldiers firing into crowds, and thugs attacking immigrants. Leslie had not typically publicized such violent representations in the past, and this different method social typing stimulated readers to think more critically. Brown selected images exceptionally in correspondence to the topic including Frank Leslie’s illustration of police charging a mob of strikers (pg. 208) and the Eight-hour movement of workingmen on a strike (pg. 154). He also finds that the changes in America after the Civil War caused Frank Leslie’s view and content of the paper to shift as well. In the remaining chapters, Brown examines how by the end of the decade, the newspaper’s stance had become openly hostile toward the labor
That was Frederic Hudson’s perception of the illustrated newspaper, emphasizing the importance of pictorial reporting in a newly developed nation. Pictorial reporting was introduced to America by Frank Leslie, giving way to a transformation in news and rapid visualization of events. After the Civil War began, Leslie and his competitors strived to provide their readers with visuals rather than simply written accounts. Images of conflict and destruction kept the public fixated …show more content…
Brown specifically details on Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper from 1855 to 1889. An Executive Director of the American Social History Center for Media and Learning at the University of New York, Brown is thoughtful in explaining the relationship between photography, journalism, and the social culture. He is also an adjunct professor at the university, where his main interest in research lies in the nineteenth century U.S social and cultural history, visual culture, and contemporary media. Brown supervised visual projects including the “Who Built America?” documentaries and CD-ROMs. His illustrations and cartoons are featured in scholarly publications and digital media. In addition to Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Brown briefly mentioned work from Leslie’s competitors such as Harper’s Weekly, the New York Daily Graphic, among others. Brown uses Frank Leslie’s as a point to reflect on the social history crises that occurred, because Leslie’s illustrations and content epitomized the late nineteenth …show more content…
231), freed African Americans in the South (pg. 129), and the war between capital and labor to depict the immense changes occurring during this era. Leslie skillfully captured countless portrayals of the violence and corruption damaging the nation during a time of deconstruction. Brown describes Leslie’s violent conflict portrayals as ruthless rioting, soldiers firing into crowds, and thugs attacking immigrants. Leslie had not typically publicized such violent representations in the past, and this different method social typing stimulated readers to think more critically. Brown selected images exceptionally in correspondence to the topic including Frank Leslie’s illustration of police charging a mob of strikers (pg. 208) and the Eight-hour movement of workingmen on a strike (pg. 154). He also finds that the changes in America after the Civil War caused Frank Leslie’s view and content of the paper to shift as well. In the remaining chapters, Brown examines how by the end of the decade, the newspaper’s stance had become openly hostile toward the labor