For my photo book, the main theme was intimacy and young love. I wanted to explore my relationship with my boyfriend and show a series of different styles of images. I called this photo book “Espera” which means to wait in Portuguese, as this word (besides love) is a word that both Jack and I use frequently.

I put the definition of wait at the beginning of my photo book to start the narrative of waiting and longing for something, and showing the connection I have to that word and its definition.

Additionally, I wanted keep the pattern of the colour scheme to be one normal coloured photo then a neon coloured photo. I think this worked well in my book as I had a purple, red and pink theme mixed with neutral toned images, which created a nice visual.

Throughout my photo book, you can see that I have tried to put a image of an object next to a portrait image in some of the pages. This gives the sequencing fluidity and shows the narrative of Jack’s living space, further showing his personality.

Here I couldn’t find images that fit with the sequencing so I tried to match the colour of the images background to the colour of the blank page.

Evaluation:

Finally, I am really pleased with how my photo book came out as I was able to showcase my idea and theme of intimacy and young love. I also think I was able to sequence it really well and you could see there was a narrative in my book. Moreover, I think the overall aesthetic of my book was really well done and looks visually appealing for the viewers of my book. I hope that I was able to show my relationship and put across the idea that it’s okay to express love for others and that intimacy is good. Additionally, the theme of occupation and liberation guided me and gave me inspiration for my book at the thought of being in a relationship can be really liberating and free. Overall, I think I was able to capture raw moments of intimacy and young love and showcase those ideas into my photo book.

Link to preview my book:

https://www.blurb.co.uk/bookstore/invited/8565044/66bc0744ecfad1db5ec8d9d401af9c438dff9837