In this lecture we looked into different types or artists books. We started
looking at book design. Daniel showed us three quotes about book design, but
unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to write them down. The first one was
by Sontag in 1977, he said something along the lines of that a book is a medium
which suits the photograph very well. Charlotte Cotton, in 2004, said something
along the lines of that we expect to see books when you go to a gallery these
days.
When you buy a
photographers book you almost get the idea of owning the photographs
Book containing a single body of work:
·
The
Americans – Robert Frank
o
Each
spread has a single photo
o
All
photos are to the right of the page
o
This
way you view the images as a singular image not as a sequence
o
Simple
grid and layout
o
Portrait
style photos are centred
o
Landscape
style photos are centred and slightly raised
o
Folio
numbers are opposite of images
§
On the
‘though’ line of the page (grid)
o
Accompanying
text is at the back
·
Public
Relations – Gary
o
Double
page images
o
Captions
under pictures
§
No
referencing at the back
o
Simple
layout – grid
o
Interaction
between text and photo on back page
o
No need
for folio numbers
·
Typology
– Becker
o
Simple
layout
o
Text on
the left page and photo on the right page
o
Folio
number in line with the grid
·
Signs –
Peter Graseman
o
‘Grubby’
front
o
Detailed
inside
o
Introduction
has a different format and different paper to the photo pages
o
Images
are on a square format
o
Photos
are all on the right
o
Fold-out
pages – three square images
o
Back
has thumbnails as well as folio numbers
·
A play
of Selves – Cindy Sherman
o
Different
colour and texture of the paper
o
The
paper is a warmer tone whereas the photos on the paper are a very cold tone of
black and white
o
Photos
of herself – made into a play
We also looked
at Jim Goldberg Raised by Wolves, The Silence by Gilles Peress, Nudes by Thomas Ruff, Nudi, Revenge by Ellen von Unwerth. Unfortunately we went quite quick
through the lecture so my notes failed me.
Books containing different bodies of work:
o
Jeurgen
Teller 1996
o
Experiments
with lots of books and different styles of book making
o
Photo
of the photographer on the front inside cover
o
Photo
of a model on the inside cover in the back of the book
o
Different
range of work mixed together
o
Use of
double pages for juxtaposition
o
Snapshot
style photos alongside fashion campaigns
o
Richard
Avedon Portraits
o
Book to
accompany exhibitions
o
Comes
in a box cover
o
Shot on
10x8 format and the book is the same size
o
Unfold
pages to show a whole range of portraits
§
Exhibition
in a book
o
Half of
the book has got portraits, the other half has exhibition essays and pictures
alongside write ups of work
o
Damien
Hurst
o
A
graphic designer created the book for him
o
Very
interactive book
o
Very
child-like book with pull flaps etc
o
Dark
work within the book
o
‘laughing
in the face of death’
We also looked
at Terry World, Helmut Newton, Start Twins, Aftermath by Sophie Ristelhuber,
Auto Portraits by Martin Parr, See What I’m Looking At, Au Gallop, Uncovered by
Thomas Allen, Baghdad Calling by Geert van Kesteren and Japan by Sophie Calle.
Unfortunately we went quite quick through the lecture so my notes failed me.
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