This is a collection of pictures of people, places, and events from the life and times of Dorling Kindersley. It dates from the very early days when the world was in black-and-white to more recent, more colourful years.

The images come from a variety of different sources. Some are mine. Others have been kindly loaned by friends and colleagues.

If you have any photos you’d like to contribute, please email them to me and I’ll upload them. Let me know if the files are large and they're better sent on a CD. If you’re prepared to lend prints, slides or negatives for me to scan, I promise to return them safely.

And please add any comments or corrections to the pictures already posted here.

For an insightful, wise and laugh-out-loud account of the company's history, from its start in 1974 to its acquisition by Penguin in 2000, read Christopher Davis's wonderful memoir "Eyewitness: The Rise and Fall of Dorling Kindersley - The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon".

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rise-Fall-Dorling-Kindersley/dp/1906...

The dk-flickr site is dedicated to Christopher's memory.

alanbuckingham@blueyonder.co.uk

www.alanbuckingham.com