Learn about projects Luped commissioned, sourced and licensed media for and meet some of the creatives who supplied us with their art.
The Herb Book
The Herb Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Herbs (ISBN 978-0241569504) is a beautifully designed horticultural guide to herbs and their botanical, medicinal, culinary and ritual use. Luped picture research found a selection of possible images, ultimately supplying over 700 high resolution images, licensing their use in print and digital...
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Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History (ISBN 978-0241569566) is fully illustrated guide from the start of the Roman Kingdom through to the fall of the Roman Empire. Explore political, cultural, military events as well as the lives of rulers and people living under Roman rule illustrated with photographs of surviving artefacts, buildings and art. Luped picture research sourced and supplied over 700 images and licensed their use in print and digital editions worldwide from over 60...
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Ancient Egypt: The Definitive Visual History (ISBN 978-0241446867) a fully illustrated guide to 3000 years of life under the pharaoh’s rule (c.3200-30BC); from the early kings of Egypt to the reign of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest. Luped media research sourced and supplied over 600 images and licensed their use in print and digital editions...
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Great Novels: The World’s Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained (ISBN: 978-0241515846) explores selected significant novels and explores the context in which they were created. Luped sourced and licensed over 500 images from agencies, publishers, libraries, private collectors and book shops; clearing copyright with DACS, publishing houses, authors and family estates as well as commissioning new photograph as required. On the Road by Jack Kerouac first published by The Viking Press Inc in 1957, the...
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Cultural Treasures of the World: From the Relics of Ancient Empires to Modern-Day Icons (ISBN 978-0241508923) published by Dorling Kindersley on 1 September 2022 features a fully illustrated tour of over 200 of the most precious, iconic, and celebrated objects ever created. Luped researched close to 800 images of the selected objects together with supporting images to give context to the creations....
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Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century (ISBN 978-0714878218) published by Phaidon Press on 22 May 2019 features photographs of over 400 interiors created by over 300 of the most influential people in interior design charting its history and development. Luped picture research sourced images to match the brief and supplied high resolution images and licensed their use in this...
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Migrations: A History of Where We All Come From (ISBN 978-0241503546) published by Dorling Kindersley on 7 April 2022 details the movement of people and cultures around the world. Luped researched, supplied and licensed over 400 images from a wide variety of...
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Great Diaries: The world’s most remarkable diaries, journals, notebooks, and letters (ISBN 978-0241412947) published on 3 September 2020 traces the history of the diary from ancient times to the present day, bringing together more than 80 historical and literary diaries, artists’ sketchbooks, explorers’ journals, and scientists’ notebooks. Luped researched, supplied and cleared copyright for the reproduction of over 500 images for this...
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A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult (ISBN 978-0241386118) published on 6 August 2020 charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and television. Luped media research sourced over 500 images from agencies, museums, libraries and private archives....
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Type Directory (ISBN 978-0500241547) by Peter Dawson published by Thames & Hudson on 14 November 2019 is a visual encyclopaedia of typography featuring over 1800 typefaces together profiles of leading designers and foundries. Luped picture research assisted in finding examples of typefaces in use and clearing permissions with designers, agencies and museums....
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