Picture of my life is a photo-book centered around the suicide of Junpei Ueda's parents in 1998,

• Book in hand: how does it feel? Smell, sniff the paper.

• Paper and ink: use of different paper/ textures/ colour or B&W or both.

• Format, size and orientation: portraiture/ landscape/ square/ A5, A4, A3 / number of pages.

• Binding, soft/hard cover. Image wrap. Swiss binding/ Japanese stab-binding.

• Cover: Linen/ card. Graphic/ printed image. Embossed/ letterpress.

• Title: literal or poetic / relevant or intriguing.

• Images and text: are they linked/ introduction/ essay/ statement by artists/ use of captions (if any.)

• Design and layout: image size on pages/ single page, double-spread/ images/ grid, fold- outs/ inserts.

• Editing and sequencing: selection of images/ juxtaposition of photographs/ editing process.

• Narrative: what is the story/ subject-matter. How is it told?

• Structure and architecture: how design/ repeating motifs/ or specific features develops a concept or construct a narrative.