Alexander Roob taught graphics and painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. In 2005 he co-founded the Melton Prior Institute in Düsseldorf, which specializes in the history of pictorial journalism and print culture.
The book bridges the gap between the largely forgotten field of press graphics and firmly established art figures and movements. * Creative Review * ...graphics that changed the history of illustrated newspapers... an often overlooked medium. * It’s Nice That * What a colossal achievement. History of Press Graphics by Alexander Roob is instantly a definitive work. * Culturmag *