In order to aid me in my photo book creation, i want to take a look at other photobooks and photobooks in general. A photobook is a book in which photographs feature hugely and contribute to the most of the overall content. There are many different ways that photo books can be used to tell a story. Some people use them to tell a personal struggle, some to tell a view or opinion, some to show a family holiday and many many others. They have had a whole range of different styles which has showed me that there is no limitations and your own conceptual meaning can be portrayed to the viewer in any way you would like. I hope to implement these ideas into my photobook and i hope to remember that there are no limitations.
MASCULINITIES / LIBERATION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
This photographic exploration comes in the form of a well crafted photobook and draws together the work of approximately sixty artists of different ethnicities, generations, and gender identities to look at how ideas of masculinity have evolved since the 1960s. Each of its six themed chapters features bold and arresting work “by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers” one of which being Robert Mapplethorpe (my chosen artist of study) and combining various other artists of all genders, ages and backgrounds and offer a 21st-century perspective of maleness through the lens of immigration and global politics. Each chapter in the book opens with an essay by a key thinker in the worlds of art, history, culture, and queer studies. Spanning decades and continents, this exploration shows how increasingly difficult it is to define masculinity.
