Hare, Jimmy. Photojournalist: The Career of Jimmy Hare by Lewis L. Gould & Richard Greffe.

Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1977. 1st edition (unstated) in fine cloth hardcover with VG edge worn dust jacket that has a few rubs, scuffs and a neatly closed tear. Jimmy Hare was one of the first photojournalists, working for Collier's and then Leslie's Weekly. He covered, among other news stories, the Spanish American War and World War I, the early history of aviation. He photographed shipwrecks, earthquakes, yacht launchings, political rallies, the Wright Brothers and other early airplane flights, and presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and William McKinley. A photograph of Jimmy Hare with William Henry Jackson closes the book, which has 157 pages. Some of the subjects include Prime Minister of Great Britain Herbert H. Asquith; Antwerp after German attack; Benjamin D. Foulois, the only Army Signal Corps pilot in early 1911; Herbert Latham flying his "Antoinette' plane in 1910; English flyer Claude Grahame-White, winner of the James Gordon Bennett Trophy in 1910; dynamite explosion at Communipaw, New Jersey, 1911; lepers in Venezuela; Russo-Japanese War; zeppelin bomb crater in Paris; Emmeline Pankhurst marching for women's rights, 1915; the Madero Mexican Revolution at Ciudad Juarez; and Lusitania coffins. A key work on the history of photojournalism, an important part of the history of photography; profusely illustrated with 101 photographs. Summary:

Photojournalist: The Career of Jimmy Hare (1977), written by historian Lewis L. Gould and researcher Richard Greffe, is a definitive biographical study of James H. "Jimmy" Hare, one of the founding pioneers of modern photojournalism. The book chronicles how Hare helped define the role of the on-the-scene "news photographer" at the turn of the twentieth century.

Key Themes & Highlights

• Birth of a Profession: Born in London to a camera-making family, Hare immigrated to the United States and transitioned from camera manufacturing to freelance press photography in the 1890s. The book illustrates how his career perfectly coincided with the rise of the halftone printing process, which allowed magazines to publish actual photographs rather than artist engravings.

• The Premier War Photographer: The biography focuses heavily on Hare’s fearless work as a war correspondent for Collier’s Weekly and Leslie’s Weekly. It documents his presence at major global conflicts, including the Spanish-American War, the Russo-Japanese War, the Mexican Revolution, the Balkan Wars, and World War I.

• A Witness to History: Beyond combat, the authors highlight Hare's knack for capturing history in the making. His assignments included photographing early aviation milestones—including some of the first photographs of the Wright Brothers in flight—along with natural disasters like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and portraits of several U.S. presidents.

• Visual Archive: The book features over one hundred of Hare's historic, high-contrast photographs. Gould and Greffe utilize these images alongside personal papers and diary entries to capture not just Hare's technical skill, but his remarkable physical courage and his sharp editorial eye for humanistic detail.