Bettmann Portable Archive

For more than half a century, the Bettmann Archive has been the source for some of the world's most famous and most obscure photographs, woodcuts, professionals turned to the original Bettmann Portable Archive; published in 1966, for inspiration when searching for images that embodied their products or the ideas they were try to express. This new updated Bettmann Portable Archive reflects Bettmann's evergrowing collection of some of the finest cultural and historical images fo the last 15,000 years, from prehistoric cave paintings to up-to-the-minute news photographs of breaking world events. This 336 page reference book represents a sampling of over 6000 pictures from Bettmann's vast archive of over 16 million images. In addition to being a valuable reference tool, it is also an ideal visual resource for creative brainstorming. From "Advertising" to "Zodiac" over 25 categories are presented alphabetically. Browsing through this book is as entertaining as it is informative.