THE PHOTO BOOK

P H O T O 3 S U M M E R W O R K P R E S E N TA T I O N

You used to have to be a chemist to be able to be a

photographer, and now it keeps getting easier and
easier and easier. . . if an eight-year-old can take a
picture, how do I add meaning to that? And, for
myself, there is a move towards storytelling as a way of
connecting these fragments to mean more.
Alec Soth, Interview Magazine, March 20, 2011

the book as planning, organizing, and presenting

PLANNING
inspirations
connections
collections

Saul Leiter

ORGANIZING
sequencing
editing
formatting

PRESENTING
formats
platforms
mock ups

Trent Parke

BODY OF WORK
Master photographic series presentation -presentations starting 9/24
Choose a photo book in the classroom that is a single series or body of work by a photographer,
study it, research it, and present it to the class for 2 - 5 minutes.
Guiding questions that you should consider when choosing a photographer and series of work by
her or him:
What is the body of work about?
How does it inspire you?
How does it connect to something you have learned in class?
How can it connect to your classmates?
What can it teach us about creating a thematic series?
Guiding questions that you should answer to the class:
Who is the photographer?
What is the body of work called?
What is the series about?
How is it presented?
Where or how was it taken?
What connections to photo history does it have?
How does it fit into the photographers other work and career?
What is an image from the series that stands out to you?
What can it us about creating a thematic series?

book of summer
Summer work presentation - rough draft, mockup, or proposal due for critique on 10/2
You will compile a selection of your summer work into a physical book format - the selection of
images and format are up to you.
Steps to follow:
1.Process summer images
2.Make contact sheets
3.Edit contact sheets
4.scan/import
5.edit
6.upload to Flickr
7.add to Summer 2015 album
8.edit and organize
9.decide on the format for your book
10.design/print/order/create book
Some possible formats:
Print on demand (Magcloud, Blurb book)
Darkroom prints in album or book
Photocopied zine (Fedex Office)
Ordered prints (Walgreens,Target, Walmart) in album or book
Digitally printed pages bound into a book

considerations
themes
symbols
the thread
summer
location
people
time
color
people
map
size of images - how they relate to the whole
order/sequence
we should be able to start any point within it