Layout- First Version

Double Pages – Crooked Fairy

Double Pages – Witches Rock

2nd Edit

Crooked Fairy

Witches Rock

How did i improve?

I started with resizing images to create uniformity throughout the photobook and allow for breathing room between images.
I then removed any images I felt were not adding to my books overall aesthetic and narrative and/or were repeat images or too similar in nature.
I then introduced a anonymous figure, using faceless and dynamic photos to create more an atmosphere mystery and inquiry.

Juxtaposing Images

These particular images were chosen in order to combine two opposing elements in the same page spread, highlighting the interesting contrast between the height, contrast, colour and form of the images, this creates an eye-catching and thought-provoking collection of images to break up any potential monotony throughout the photo book that may have occurred.

Ambiguous Characters

In my essay I looked into famously incredible photographic storytellers anna gaskell and duane michals and found a common lik throughout their compositions is the central character is often less anonymous and up to interpretation.
not all my images are faceless, however all of them are somewhat obscured by either, shadow, hands, hair or intentionally unfocused images , this creates a sense of mystery and allows the viewer to speculate. this fills in any gaps they may be left when trying to portray and pictorial and wordless narrative.

In the case of witches rock some of the images I selected were chose to create a sense of panic, witches were persecuted and feared, i wanted to portray the felling of being hunted and shunned by society.
i attempted this with tense images and false bindings, this is indented to create a feeling of anxiety within the viewer and worry for the witches in question, however in contrast with this the images i selected for the crooked fairy were to create an entirely different felling of fear and quierie, will this unknow creature harm our protagonist?
this is even more impactful because of the anonymity of the individual in the photos as viewers are encouraged to insert themselves into the character.

Witches Seats

In order to create a juncture between the two stories I travelled around jersey photographing historical witches seats, when arranging these images i used a double page spread and aligned the houses so they carry on from each other, this is done to create a sense of community within the juncture and to illustrate just how prevalent these superstitions become in light of the folk tales and urban legends spreading across the channel islands, these beliefs created a community within the fearful so much in fact they had inbuilt infrastructure to prevent cursing and hexing from the local ‘witches’ on their journey to Sabbeth

aesthetic image combination