THE REAL STORY OF PICTURE POST

softback 16 pages ARTicle Press, 1994 (out-of-print)

LORANT"S PICTURE POST

hardback 28 pages CrabApple Publications ISBN 978-1-71-532464-3

Originally printed as The Real Story of Picture Post in 1994 by the ARTicle Press. Copyright: Stefan Lorant for the illustrations & layout, and Michael Hallett for the text. Additional material by Michael Hallett.

STEFAN LORANT: MESSAGES & MYTHS

final unpublished biography of 180,000 word plus illustrations, v.6.0 February 2001. (unavailable).

STEFAN LORANT: GODFATHER OF PHOTOOURNALISM

hardback 198 pages The Scarecrow Press 2006 ISBN 0-8108-5682-4

Stefan Lorant's work as a visual and literary editor allowed him to pioneer and develop picture based journalism during the emergence of modern mass communications. During the late 1920s and '30s Lorant became a guiding force on an international scale, disseminating his ideas and political knowledge throughout Europe.. His innovative layouts, exclusive interviews, and thirst for knowledge became a familiar prt of everyday life, largely through the pages of his own creations -- in articular the legendary Picture Post. Lorant's vision of photography as a documentary medium inspired the magazines Life and Look and paved the way for the eventual emergence of the television documentary. For this, he is considered to be the 'godfather' of photojournalism. This book is Lorant's authorised biography.

THE ROLE OF STEFAN LORANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF PICTURE BASED JOURNALISM

PhD by Published Work, University of Bolton, 2007



BULLRING: THE HEART OF BIRMINGHAM

hardback 120 pages Tempus Books 2003 ISBN 0-7524-3041-6

Celebrating the building of Bullring with unique photographs and photo constructions by Michael Hallett and additional contributions by Adrian Ensor, Gil Gillis, Pete James, Luke Unsworth & Chris Upton. Foreword by Councillor Sir Albert Bore.

OLYMPIC COAST: THE LAST WORD

softback 120 pages Henwick Hill Press 2014 ISBN 978-0-9561570-0-3

Michael Hallett was born on Portland and brought up in Weymouth. With Olympic Coast he brings together his understanding of local history and heritage and links this with his photographs and the iconographic imagery he calls the photographic construction. With Weymouth & Portland the sailing venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games it is as the sporting world is coming to his own back yard. '

        Also included is 'Binkie's Tale', the story from 1939 where sighting of a regiment of foot soldiers from the reign of George III marching though the swamp near Preston. Road. Local folklore describes similar sighting of the centuries preempting national emergencies. This was just a few days prior to WW2.

STEFAN LORANT: A HUNGARIAN IN ENGLAND 1934-1940

hardback 140 pages Henwick Hill Press  2013 ISBN978-1-36-663868-7

At its most convenient, A Hungarian in England is the story of the birth of Weekly Illustrated, Lilliput and Picture Post between 1934 and 1940. He was acquainted with political figures of the century including Hitler, Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy, and knew Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe amongst others.

THE MANCHESTER / LIVERPOOL PHOTOGRAPHY CIRCLE 1840-1880

hardback Henwick Hill Press 2017 ISBN 978-1-36-409566-6

While one must not underestimate the contribution to photography within their various fields of Alfred Brothers, J.T. Chapman, Ferdinand Hurter and Vero C. Driffield, Peter Mawdsley, McLachlan McLachan, James Mudd, and Joseph Sidebotham; the father of photography within the Greater Manchester area is beyond question was John Benjamin Dancer.The real influence of Dancer was as a friend and linking figure with the members of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society including William Fairbairn, John Dale and James Nasmyth, but especially with Mudd and Sidebotham. This book is based on the authors rMPhil research degree with additional material.l

NEVER A DULL MOMENT

softback 344 pages CrabApple Publications 2023  ISBN 978-1-3999-4566-0

The 'phone rang and a mid-European voice introduced itself as 'Stefan Lorant from America'. 'I like what you write . It was good. But I am not egotistical !!' 'If I send you your ticket' will you come to Lenox so we can continued our conversation.' Having agreed, what was to follow was pure theatre !! The overture had only just faded away and there was a nervous 'first night' anticipation with the curtain about to go up .... There was never a dull moment. This book is the author's edited diaries from 1990-1999.

BEING THERE

softback 319 pages CrabApple Publications 2024  ISBN 978-1-3999-4034-8

The elements of Being There have become fragments of biographies that collectively follow the progress of picture journalism from the advent of the of the miniature camera through to the arrival and impact of the digital age. It covers a ninety year period from ca. 1923 to 2012 and provides a critical compilation of encounters with influential photographers and their visual icons. This is not a history of modern photojournalism but a meander through the media's past, just stopping at strategic points to mark in the detail and paint in the colour.

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