Put simply, a photobook is a convenient way of presenting photographs. Generally they are, as the name implies, a book, but this doesn't stop photographers from experimenting with this and stretching and playing with the idea of what a book is.
First photobookFor my first photobook, with the idea of creating a sort of narrative or theme throughout, I went with taking my dog on a walk and documenting the walk. Given my dog's eagerness to walk and unwillingness to stand still, there was a little bit of a challenge to it. I started off with a good narrative structure, with a view from my dogs head of the start of the walk, followed by pictures of him inspecting what he found. My middle pages, however, broke up the narrative structure of it, both being related but not feeling as if they were part of a walk. The last few pictures brought it back, but low light conditions meant that the quality dropped.
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second PhotobookAs a second task, we had to create a photobook with a focus on abstraction, using a portrait that we had taken as the central theme. My initial portrait was of my dad and my dog, with the thought of trying to emulate a traditional Christmas card with the photo. However my abstractions of the photographs became less about the theme and more about just trying to get the job done, so I changed the photos.
My second lot of photographs, still maintaining the theme of Christmas, came from Christmas Day, as I tried to document the occasion. The theme became about small criticisms of Christmas, with each picture being abstracted to go along with a certain criticism. To add to this, instead of a traditional book I wanted to display my photos as if they were Christmas cards hanging on a piece of string, with a written explanation within, worded as if it was a card addressed to the theme of the card. |