verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message focal press parent company taylor & francis founded 1938 founder andor kraszna kraus headquarters location waltham massachusetts nonfiction topics film and digital video production photography digital imaging graphics animation and new media broadcast and media distribution technologies music recording and production mass communications theatre technology official website www.focalpress.com focal press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of taylor & francis . it was founded in 1938 by andor kraszna krausz 1 a hungarian photographer who immigrated to england in 1937 and eventually published over 1 200 books on photography . history edit elsevier acquired focal press in 1983 . 2 focal press was acquired by taylor & francis from elsevier in july 2012 . 3 references edit rossell deac 2008 . kraszna krausz andor 1904 1989 . in hannavy john . encyclopedia of nineteenth century photography . crc press . p. 806 . isbn 978 0 415 97235 2 . the academic publishing industry a story of merger and acquisition global publishing leaders 2013 informa external links edit official website v t e informa plc taylor & francis crc press focal press garland science psychology press routledge journals informa healthcare scrip world pharmaceutical news informa business information informa maritime lloyd s miu lloyd s list lloyd s list intelligence lloyd s maritime academy washington policy & analysis informa professional lloyd s law reports trademark world patent world banking technology insurance day cpdcast informa cargo information international freighting weekly containerisation international agra informa f.o.licht the public ledger other biotechniques datamonitor light reading informa financial information informa research services informa investment solutions informa global markets international insider informa australia publishing lloyd s list australia australian journal of mining australian bulk handling review earthmover & civil contractor rail express conferences & exhibitions iir australia australian exhibitions and conferences international mining & metals lloyd s list australia events ajm events training iir executive development informa telecoms & media mobile communications international informa yacht group monaco yacht show superyacht cup informa canada fan expo canada dallas comic con megacon conferences adam smith conferences euroforum ibc icbi iir informa exhibitions retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title focal press & oldid 623320832 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdompublishing companies established in 1938united kingdom publishing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2014 at 15 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view