One of the content considerations for this brief was to look into Art and Photography books so Ive researched into a few titles I knew of already but also researched new ones.
La la land is more than a photo book, its a travel book but not a traditional travel book. Travelling to live things, travelling to tell things, and above all travelling to see things. The question it asks is 'Can an idea alter an image?' which leads onto what is an image without words, the images change throughout the book as the context is told. A non important image of a wall changes once you are told it was a background for Michael Jacksons thriller video. Researching La la land was useful as it made me consider the possibility of introducing content for my images to show the importance of each one.
Bedrock City is a photo book by Michael Max McLeod on roadside attractions based on a popular mid century animated television show. The reason I chose to research into this phonebook is because its a good example of how much print runs cost, its a 20 page book sized 7.5" x 5" inkjet on 8.5" x 5.5" Museo portfolio rag stock. McLeod produced only 50 of the books so this makes the price higher, its sold on his website for £87. With a high cost such as this makes the target audience a small minority, solely interested in McLeod's work.
Ordinary is a quarterly fine art photography magazine featuring over 20 artists from around the world who are sent one ordinary object, which comes as an extra, to make it extra-ordinary. Each issue they choose an anonymous piece of design and challenge artists to reimagine it, printing the results without any written commentary across a series of spreads. The first time I saw this zine was in Amsterdam at Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum which is a independent book store which I found myself in a number of times while there. What caught my eye was the plastic wrapped freebie that reminded me of my youth when collecting magazines but the difference is this time, the freebie inspires you to take the object and photograph it yourself. Ordinary creates a response that not many books or magazine achieve, the creators have created something so simply unique that makes you think twice about what a book really is.
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