Narrative: What is your story?
3 words:
Memory, place, family
A sentence:
How memory is connected to a sense of place and people.
A paragraph:
I want to connect to places in Jersey where I had visited as a child, re-living the memory and creating a sense of nostalgia throughout the book. Comparing and contrasting the old with the new. Focusing on the themes of memory, place and family.
Design: How you want your book to look and feel?
Paper and ink: Classic paper (118 gsm), smooth semi-matte finish
Format, size and orientation: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
Binding and cover: Soft cover, Printed on the front cover, back cover and spine, gloss finish.
Title:
Design and layout: I plan to have my split sequences throughout the book, some on a double page spread, some taking up 3/4 of a double page spread and some singular images with a black page next to it.
Editing and sequencing: I want the images to flow nicely and have singular images throughout the photobook to break up the sequence from the split sequences.
Images and text: I will not have any text with my images. At the end of my book I will have my essay.
Mood board
In these photobooks I liked the different ways the images are presented and would like to take inspiration from the 3 photobooks when creating my own. I specifically like the grid/sequence layout Jon Ruffolo has used, using portrait and landscape images to create an interesting spiral-like shape. This will work well with my images because I have made some split sequences which are a similar shape. I also like how
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