Photobook Specification

Narrative – What is the story?

Few Words:

Walk in the woods

A Sentence:

My story involves a walk through a woodland area, with the literal and imaginary depictions of the setting both being included.

A Paragraph:

My book won’t be fully story-focussed, as some of the images have little correlation between each other, so it will be difficult to make it the primary focus. It will depict a woodland area, both in a wide view showing of an entire scene as well as the minute details which make up the area.

Designing the Book:

Paper and ink

I would like to use a matte paper for this book as it will give the paper a slightly more rough feel to it. I also think that the lack of a glare will make it easier to see the darker images I will include. As of right now (before creating the sequence/layout for the book) I would not mind using either white or black coloured paper.

Format, size and orientation

I think a similar size, format and orientation to my previous photobook would work nicely, that being around A4 in size and portrait orientation. The portrait orientation will allow for double and single page spreads using my landscape images. A4 size would be good for my AI generated images due to their very low resolution, a smaller

Binding and cover

My book will have an image wrap on the cover (shown above), the image includes themes of the dangerous woodland, however I have edited it to have an artificial look, linking with the AI part of my project. I would like my book to be a hardcover, as it would put greater focus on the image and title.

Structure and architecture

As all of my previous zines/books, I will make my structure of the book as symmetrical as possible, as it allows for an effective sequence and ensures that each type of image (woodland landscape, object and AI image) does not feel out of place in the book.

Design and layout

The book will include double/single page spreads, pages with 2 images on them at once (this is due to the AI image being a much lower resolution compared to the other images). I will juxtapose the AI generated images with the real images that influenced them.