Photobook Specification

Narrative: What is your story?
Describe in:

  • 3 words – A false calling
  • A sentence – Someone seeking help from the supernatural and religion.
  • A paragraph – My story is about someone suffering from severe mental health issues, it starts with them breaking down, it then moves onto them looking for answers in object that may represent the supernatural or a deity. The story ends with them losing control and their sense of self after dedicating the rest of their mental sanity towards pleasing the beings in order to receive their help.

Design: Consider the following

  • How you want your book to look and feel – I want my book to maintain a unsettling vibe
  • Paper and ink – Matte paper with black and white ink
  • Format, size and orientation – Small 7 x 7 square format with around 60 pages or less
  • Binding and cover – Hardcover with image wrap
  • Title – “Phantasmagoria”
  • Structure and architecture – Unsure
  • Design and layout – Chaotic but uniform
  • Editing and sequencing – Follows a narrative story
  • Images and text – Images conveying what the selected words and definitions may look like in reality, e.g., mental deterioration with images following of what this may look like

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