— Image selection —

For my photobook, I started off by selecting a range of images that I wanted to include within this book which I felt met the brief of what the theme was asking for. Once I edited the images, I selected the icon at the top which says “Book” and the images were automatically layed out into the formation of a photobook.

I started off by changing the format of the photobook to the standard landscape version and then arranged my images in a certain formation. I much preferred the composition of the landscape format to the portrait version as I would be able to layout my images in a better selection with full-scale double spreads and larger reflections of my singular images.

— Front cover —

For my front cover, I wanted to have a thin dust jacket over the top. I didn’t want it to cover the whole book as I would like for the book to be woven and I would like for that to be visible.

In photoshop, I coloured the entire image dark grey and then coloured in the centre a thin rectangle with the writing “Aftermath of World War II” and also my name below it in red. I wanted to just mark out what I wanted to achieve with the front cover. After I have the photobook, I will want to cut out the thin strip so that it doesn’t completely cover the book.

— Editing photographs —

Here I have an example of how I have gone about editing my images. I decided to apply a black and white filter to my images and I chose filter “PB08” as I like the overall aesthetic to gave my photos. I thought the cool tone greys, blacks and whites fit the mood that I was trying to portray with my imagery.

I wanted my photography to me somewhat similar to how old photos, during the time Auschwitz was operating, were displayed and photographed as I wanted the same wounding impact from the old photographs. I tried to edit my images as close as possible to the real thing and wanted to achieve this for my final outcomes.

— Architecture —

Above I have a layout of how I want to sequence my photographs. I want to break up the layouts by containing some pages with double page spreads, two images or one on its own. I didn’t want to be incredibly repetitive with my layout so I tried to arrange the images to create a more interesting sequence.

Juxtaposition:

Above I have an example of a juxtaposed image. I wanted to break away from containing two images including buildings and monuments side-by-side, so I went ahead and included an image of the street light with a pair of shoes hung over the wire. I thought these photos worked nicely together as they are both different images so I thought they complimented each other quite nicely. The complex and messy graffiti next to the calm and simple photograph of the sky and shoes on a barbed wire, appealed to me so I put them together.

Double page spread:

Here I have an example of a double page spread. I wanted to apply this photograph as a double page one as I want to showcase a full scale presentation of what Auschwitz looked like from the outside and just show how overbearing and scary these buildings actually were. I wanted to enhance the size so that is why I decided it would be best to expand it across two pages.

Experimenting with borders:

Here is an example of about layout experiment where I chose a different border around the full image. I wanted to break away from the repetitive aspect of just scaling up the photo and leaving it like that, so I experimented with some of the other layouts in lightroom and chose a scratchy border to have around it.

— Sequencing —

Below I have a range of images of my photobook that showcase the sequence I have decided to put my photos into.

Berlin:

Above I have my variety of Berlin photographs which I decided to put all together at the very beginning. I wanted to start off with them being the starting point for my photobook as my topic is mainly on Germany and how they were able to occupy a wide range of countries and cities. I wanted to combine them all together rather than scatter them around with the other images as to prevent any confusion.

Krakow:

Above is my second sequence of images where I have combined all the photos I took within Auschwitz. I wanted once again to combine these images all together and not mix them up with the other images I have taken. Each sequence tells a different story and I wanted to achieve that by categorising the images I took in different locations, all in one section.

Jersey:

Above is my final layout in the sequence of my photobook. I wanted to capture the essence of Jersey’s German occupation history by including all the images I took of German bunkers together.

Overall, I really like the way I sequenced all my images and the order I decided to put them in. I believe they tell a story from within each segment and also altogether.

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