{"product_id":"pollen-annabelle-whippersnappers","title":"Pollen, Annebella: Whippersnappers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo you remember the first photos you took?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhippersnappers\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to tell the history of children as photographers, from school societies in the 1880s, via post-war camera clubs and radical 1970s workshops, to the coming of digital cameras. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnebella Pollen shows how photography was presented and promoted to children — by camera companies, comics, and teachers — and how the children themselves chose to use it. They include the girls whose trick photographs of the Cottingley Fairies fooled the nation; and the family given cameras and limitless film for a year by a national newspaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing photography’s movement from elite pastime to accessible hobby, including a wealth of photos taken by children — of pets and friends, teachers and toys, fairies and ghosts — it presents a unique child’s-eye view of the world, seen through the camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"module module--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/whats-on\/snap-happy-how-children-became-photographers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSnap Happy! How Children Became Photographers is at The Photographers’ Gallery from 14 October 2026 – 21 February 2027.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"module module--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnnebella Pollen is Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton, UK, where she researches undervalued archives and untold stories in art and design history. Her previous books include \u003cem\u003eMass Photography: Collective Histories of Everyday Life\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNudism in a Cold Climate: The Visual Culture of Naturists in Mid-20th-Century Britai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003en\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/more-than-a-snapshot-a-visual-history-of-photo-wallets?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=dd627c8be\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMore Than A Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo Wallets\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Art Without Frontiers: The Story of the British Council, Visual Arts and a Changing World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: Whippersnappers: How Children Became Photographers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eAnnebella Pollen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher, Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: Four Corners, September 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign: \u003c\/strong\u003eLima Vasquez studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback with cut-flush cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize, Pages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 24 x 19 cm, 330 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-909829-26-8\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TPG Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57577912467836,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/whippersnappers_cover.jpg?v=1791294804","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/pollen-annabelle-whippersnappers","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}