Front back cover and contents of zine.

The front cover sets the tone for the book and is very important in terms of the message you are trying to convey. I want to create a contrast in color with black and white. This gives the viewer a sense of duality. Also, I think the writing looks imposing on a black background. I ripped a tea pot off the internet and added a picture of Lord Kitchener. This adds a bit of humor to the cover and sets the tone. I don't want the zine to be taken too seriously and make it into a patriotic document of the empires rise and decline. I want there to be some subversive humor.

Back cover I would like to leave black with simple information like my name and email address. The font does not have to be as radical as the font on the front of the zine. 

As well as the union flag teapot, I need to inform the reader what the zine is about. I intend to simply put-The Stages of Empire. I am not putting "The 7 Stages of Empire" because the first two stages of Conquests and pioneers are exactly the same so do not require separate images. This will save me some room as I only have 8 pages. 

The title will be white on a black background with a font called Stencil STD Bold. This font is common in the armed forces. The notion of empire is build on military expansion, I found this font fitting. 

FINAL CHOICE OF FRONT COVER.

A black and white border around the covers-front and back. 

(Subject to possible change)

Changed later to a corporate symbol of an aperture ring, name, copyright and contact details. 

Reflecting what the images in the zine represent.

 

The Age of Pioneers and The Age of Conquest. 

British rule was established by the navy and seafarers who sailed the oceans. This was the case with the Spanish's during the 16th century with the  Conquistadors such as Hernando Cortes and the invasion of Mexico and the Aztecs. The same is true of the British navy which sailed both The Atlantic and Pacific looking for quicker trade routes. In looking for this, Capt. Cook and his vessel The Endeavor discovered Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Tahiti and Newfoundland in 1769. 
To illustrate this, I want to use a model of Capt. Cooks ship The Endeavor. To reinforce the areas that would become British through pioneers such as Cook, I will use a map which has all the landmasses under British control seen. 

The Age of Commence. 

The Golden Age of British commercial trade and empire rule was the late 19th century. Britain was a global giant that had control over India, parts of Africa, Australiana, Canada and large parts of Asia such as Hong Kong and Borneo. The Napoleonic War of the early 19th century saw Britain become the dominant European state and France would be defeated and her navy significantly drawn back. 

The streets of Britain were awash with new products to serve the population explosion due to The Industrial Revolution and the  new consumer boom of the 19th century. Tinned food appeared for the first time in the 19th century and well known brands of food we know from today such as Cadbury's and Lyons.

For this image, I want to use two famous brands of the time, which were transported in horse and carts around the 19th and early 20th century. This image shows the brand names which we know today such as Colemans and Robinsons benefiting from the empire and its trade routes both at home and aboard. The concept of advertising began in the 19th century and manufacturers took advantage of this by putting adverts on vehicles.  

The Age of Intellect

Due to the advances in technology due to the industrial revolution, new ways of looking at the world were created such as the telescope, microscope and ways of measuring light and time such as watches were created. This led to expansion around the globe that fueled ideas and the intellect. William Shakespeare would listen to sailors stories of far off lands in the Americas and other parts of the world and add ideas in his plays such as The Tempest. He would create characters out of the indigenous people of these lands such as Caliban in The Tempest. All these advances led to "The Enlightenment" of the C18. Ideas such as creating factories to maximize production of goods created a consumer boom and a market. 

The Age of Affluence 

The economy benefited from Britain being the dominant global nation from the C18-early C20. This couldn't last forever and the good times had to end eventually. The most prosperous period of our history was the Victorian ere of the 19th century. Britain had a queen who was the Empress of India and ruled a quarter of the globe. The image below shows a bust of the queen in all her pearls and finery. 

The Age of Decadence. 

This age is represented by a vanitas photograph. This style is based on a Renaissance style of painting which showed all earthly pleasures to be had. However, the paintings also came with warnings of pending moral decline, death and uncertainty. I researched all the items in the image. The colour orange represents decline and corruption. The skull represents decay and death and finally. the money, wine and mask represents frivolity and decadence. I decided to use this style of photography to represent the nation state-instead of the individual.

The Age of Decline.

To highlight this, I used a copy of a statue which actually exists in Glasgow of The Duke of Wellington who fought Napoleon at Waterloo and won. The statue when it was erected in the 19th century was meant to remind the people of Scotland of this victory which paved the way for the British Empire to thrive. After Waterloo, France was defeated as a global superpower. 

In the 1980s, it became common for the people of Glasgow to put traffic cones on the horses head and the dukes-this demonstrated how figures who represented the empire are no longer seen with such reverence. The empire was truly over.

What the book will be about and who will read it.

I want to base my work on a simple concept which is the 7 stages of empire. My Photography and Critical Exploration Module is currently about Empire and its stages. The book will be an historical narrative which will use still life photography to convey the main theme of the book. The book relies on a sequence of images to convey the narrative to the viewer, as well as some text which will accompany the images explaining the chronological events depicted.  

British army general and historian Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1987) wrote a book in 1978 called The Fate of Empires and the Search for Survival. The book followed the premise of all empires have a time line which sees them going through stages of decline. These stages include 

1. The age of outburst (or pioneers).
2. The age of conquests.
3. The age of commerce.
4. The age of affluence.
5. The age of intellect.
6. The age of decadence.
7. The age of decline and collapse.

The pattern can apply to all empires that have been and gone throughout history. When Glubb wrote his works about empires, he was referring to The United States of America and it's rise in the 20th century and its inevitable decline. America came out of World War 2 the only country with nuclear weapons and interest to be paid in loans given to Europe, Japan and The Soviet Union. America engaged in the space race with Russia and Vietnam took precedent to rid communists from South East Asia. All this expenditure on fighting communism saw America squander opportunities to make America great. In recent years, America has gone into a decline. 

In our recent times, we are seeing a financial crash in 2008 which stemmed from America and affected most of the globe. All empires seem to follow the same pattern. According to The Life Cycles of Empires: Lessons for America Today? | United Church of God (ucg.org) All empires as a whole follow the same pattern " They went through a cycle of stages as they started, expanded, matured, declined and collapsed"

The first and second stages are connected and are outburst and pioneers is an age of "warriors and adventures" where new lands are taken from other less developed countries often. A good example is the rise of The British Empire which saw individuals like Robert Clive win the successive battle at Plassey- which got Britain a foothold in India in the mid C18 century. Another example is Hernán Cortés, who was a Spanish and played a part in  conquering The Aztec Empire of South America in the C16. 

The third stage is the age of commerce and trade. Once the enemies of the empire are vanquished and a market structure has been put into place through trading the raw material or assets of the conquered area, commercial trade can begin. According to The Life Cycles of Empires: Lessons for America Today? | United Church of God (ucg.org "the following ages of commerce and affluence, businessmen and merchants—who normally value material success and dislike taking unnecessary risks—take over at the highest levels of society. Their societies downplay the values of the soldier" Here, we see trade such as the British formed The East India Company exporting spices. Commercial trade with other nations kept Britain a trading nation for 300 years and contributed to the nations wealth. However, Britain did trade ethically and morally wrong cargo such as playing a huge part in the slave trade. Until it was make illegal. 

The age of Affluence sees empires benefit from trading with multiple nations and the benefits of science and engineering sees trading nations having a better understanding of the oceans and inventions like the printing press means maps are circulated to all seafaring nations. Ship building and eventually engines on ships would see a voyage that once took months, taking a week-this would eventually lead to air travel, cutting journeys down to hours. 

The age of intellect sees universities and schools created out of the profits of affluence. We saw this during the C19 with Victorian philanthropists building schools and universities to educate all. This leads to a general improvement in educational standards. From this age of intellect, we see individuals who challenge religious reason with science. Examples being Charles Darwin and his General Theory of Creation and Evolution.  of Natural Selection- The Origin of Species (1858) would challenge once concreate views.

The age of decadence according to The Life Cycles of Empires: Lessons for America Today? | United Church of God (ucg.org "The corrosive effects of material success encourage the upper class and the common people to discard the self-confident, self-disciplined values that helped to create the empire. Then the empire eventually collapses. Perhaps an outside power, such as the so-called barbarians in Rome's case, wipes it out. Or maybe an energetic internal force, such as the pro-capitalist reformers in the Soviet Union, finishes the job instead. The growth of wealth and comfort clearly can undermine the values of character, such as self-sacrifice and discipline, that led to a given empire's creation. Then the empire so affected by moral decline grows weaker and more vulnerable to destruction by forces arising inside or outside of it"

The age of decline and collapse. 

We have seen this stage in all empires through history. Especially during the Roman Empire. The Romans boarders were that large, they could not defend them. In the end, the empire fell back behind walls and eventually, it attacked itself from within. According to Arnold Toynbee | Biography, Theory, Books, A Study of History, & Facts | Britannica "Arnold Toynbee examined the rise and fall of 26 civilizations in the course of human history, and he concluded that they rose by responding successfully to challenges under the leadership of creative minorities composed of elite leaders. Civilizations declined when their leaders stopped responding creatively, and the civilizations then sank owing to the sins of nationalism, militarism, and the tyranny of a despotic minority"

The decline of an empire can be slow or be very quick depending on internal and external factors. The Soviet Union was a swift collapse which occurred in a 5 year period. From Mikhail Gorbachev reforms of the mid 80s until the falling of The Berlin wall in the late 80s. 

I feel confident I can use photography to illustrate all these stages in history. However, to save space if I decide to make a zine, I will put the first two ages together-as they basically mean the same thing. Therefore, the age of pioneers and conquests will share an image. The reason for this is also to save space on the zine as I do not have much room. 

Other photographers who use similar concepts to mine are Simon Brann Thorpe. His work of  "cinematic landscapes and environmental portraiture, including his series 'Toy Soldiers', a contemporary and compelling Allegory of war, which was shortlisted in the Professional Conceptual category of the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards"

Simon Brann Thorpe - Toy Soldiers | World Photography Organisation

                                                 7 stages of empire - Bing images

Who would be interested in my work

The work I am achieving is a historical narrative, through still life, which is reflected through imagery. The contextual idea is very simple of stages of empire through history. The story of the British Empire is long and arduous for anyone to read, so I have condensed it. The main bullet points are easy to understand of exploration to its eventual decline. I have added text to illustrate the chronological order of events and added images which reflect my point.  

The zine would benefit anybody who doesn't know the story of empire decline as it gives an explanation while promoting my work. It also would be useful for anybody who knows their history on the subject. The zine would not be out of place in a gallery or library which deals with historical narrative and hopes to educate the public. The work does not take itself to seriously as a historical document and a creative process. It is not a celebration of empire, I instead want to add some satire and humor which I hope is clear from the front cover. The work also does not intend to glorify the notion of empire-anybody who knows me knows I am an anarchist so creating a super state to enslave mankind and exploit indigenous people while robbing their natural resources is not my idea of fail play. I instead want to convey an objective document which uses humor to inform the reader. 

The actual getting of the models and solders for the assignment has been difficult. I have been to second hand shops, car boot sales and eBay's to find the right models. The idea of creating historical narrative through toys is common with photographers such as Simon Brann Thorpe or David Levinthal. This medium of photography and model building is common with miniature train enthusiast who create exact replicas of areas which existed in their youth. This is complete with 1980s shops, cars and models painted to represent 1980s fashions. A good example is Goodford Model Railway Layout. (83) Goodford Model Railway Layout Update - September 2022 - YouTube.

I found this while watching a documentary on the Yesterday TV channel which was looking at Hornby Railway and people who build model railways in the UK. Therefore, there is a community which exists who specialize in creating model railways or model worlds. I feel I am finding an outlet I will visit again as I have enjoyed the experience. 

 

 

Showing your work.

 As the year as progressed, my tastes in photography have changed as I have been introduced to more photographers and artists. This is normal for any sort of education. Therefore, my practice has changed and so have my ideas and outlook. I read this blog when I started and I was struck by how I have become more specific what I wanted to do when I leave in 2024. I now want to concentrate in working in a museum, historical society or gallery-depicting historical events. This marks a change when I started this years course where I wanted to teach. 

Therefore, focusing on what links I need to create and researching the route into this avenue is important. Also. I need to focus on how to create a curation from an academic viewpoint. In researching this, I will refer to the website 4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace. This article looks at ways an art or photography exhibition can be created like a pro.

1. Themes or the concept behind your work is important and should be the guide to all the preparation you do as you are telling a narrative to the viewer. According to  4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace. "With themes, the possibilities are endless. For example, they can be social, political, philosophical, aesthetic by nature, or based around an art movement or medium. They could be more linear, such as the chronology or progression of the artist or artists, subject matter or body of work being shown. And narratives embedded in the curation can, for example, be linear, explicit, abstract, subliminal or non-existent"

2 Space is important in any work which is shown to the public. Space isn't just giving people room to view work, it allows the work to communicate to the viewer. The space available can guide the public through the works.

According to  4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace."Take two exhibitions held at the Hayward Gallery; Carsten Höller: Decision (2015/16), and Diane Arbus: In the beginning (2019). Carsten’s show was about perception and decision making which he incorporated into the space. At the start of the exhibition visitors were given a choice of two different entrances, which lead to separate routes through the gallery each with different choices and interactions along the way. Diane Arbus’ show was a collection of her early rare works presented in a more traditional layout. Each photograph was framed and hung on the wall with equal space and severity and there was one entrance and exit to the show. On both these occasions, the space was manipulated to guide the visitor through the exhibition in a way which mirrored the artist and their work. Had Carsten’s show been displayed in a ‘white cube’ setting the impact of the show would have been different. In contrast, the curation of Arbus’ exhibition was designed to put the focus purely on the content of the images" Space is also digital and has to be thought of in the same way as space in a galley. Different platforms show images differently. Take a website, this will show images often in isolation where Instagram will show them in a grid format. According to 4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace."This may mean you alter your sequence on Instagram to appeal to aesthetics. For example, photographer Benjamin Hardman who has over 600K followers told us that he uses social media as a “timeless portfolio as opposed to a day to day journal.” What’s important to Ben is how the images work visually together. “Perhaps I’ll have a summer image with a green mountain. I may have to wait until it’s surrounded by monochromatic images, snowy scenes. That green image could then slot into the grid so that it doesn’t clash with other colorful images.”

4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace

3 Presentation is everything when it comes to displaying your work. The technical understanding of presentation can lift the viewers understanding of the work and make the e4xperience enjoyable. According to 4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace "For example, Olafur Eliasson’s 2019 exhibition at the Tate Modern included interactive installations that used light, sound, shadows and reflections. One room was filled with a flavored mist to the point you could not see beyond 30cm in front of you. It was overwhelming. One of the themes of the work is sensory exploration, so the concept work itself goes hand-in-hand with the ways it is presented and the space it is presented in. There are many ways to make your work immersive or multi-sensory. For example, artist Tanya Houghton’s project ‘A Migrants tale’ is a 2017 series of photographs about the concept of home and nostalgia, told through the language of food. To coincide with the launch of this exhibition, Tanya organized a food events series of lunches or supper clubs. These were meals for up to 20 people inspired by one of Tanya’s migrant subjects and their memories of food from home. Through this sensory technique, Tanya was able to go beyond showing her project through images and instead allow people to experience it, through taste"

A way around this was created by artist Tanya Houghton’s project ‘A Migrants tale’ in 2017 where Tanya Houghton held food events to evoke memories of food from their homeland. This contributed to the success of her show.

4 Context A good example of reinforcing the context behind images is a caption which outlines the story behind the image. Better known as the who, what, where and why. With information supplied, there is no room for misunderstood. Alex Sloths retrospective of work has a film on a loop to explain his works to the public. 

"There are also less explicit ways of adding context, such as the common technique of guest essays found in photo-books. For example, Magnum photographer Alex Webb’s celebrated street photography book, Istanbul, leads with an essay written Orhan Pamuk. The essay is not about Webb’s work, but rather about Istanbul, the place, the smells, the culture, the history. It sets the scene for the work that follows, ultimately enhancing the curatorial experience. Other contextual things to consider may be the decision to show prices if the work is for sale, the time of the year you show the work if that has some contextual relationship with the content of the work, and whether an exhibition catalogue is required"

4 ways to curate an art or photography exhibition like a pro! | theprintspace

Photobook.

 What is a book?

A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers:

BOOK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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In creating a book, there a several options open to the writer or producer of work. 

Such as 

1 Published monograph.

2 Self Published POD.

3 Magazine

4 Handmade photobook

5 Zine.

Photobooks have a history which goes back to Henry fox Talbot in the 19th century. H F Talbots The Pencil of Nature.

William Fox Talbot

Talbot's hope for commercial exploitation of his invention lay in the widespread distribution of large editions of photographic prints, the principal advantage of negative-positive process over the daguerreotype. In early 1844, in an effort to encourage the mass production of paper photographs, Talbot supported Nicolaas Henneman, his former valet, in the creation of a photographic printing establishment in Reading, a town on the route between London and his home in Lacock. The firm's initial project was Talbot's Pencil of Nature, the first commercially published book illustrated with photographs-a milestone in the art of the book greater than any since Gutenberg's invention of moveable type. Issued in fascicles from June 1844 through April 1846, The Pencil of Nature contained twenty-four plates, a brief text for each, and an introduction that described the history and chemical principles of Talbot's invention. The photographs and texts proposed, with extraordinary prescience, a wide array of applications for the medium that included reproducing rare prints and manuscripts, recording portraits, inventorying possessions, representing architecture, tracing the form of botanical specimens, and making art. The publication, however, was not a commercial success, and as sales declined with each new fascicle, Talbot abandoned the project just before the seventh group of plates was made. Approximately forty complete or substantially complete copies survive; the Museum's example belonged to Talbot's daughter Mathilde.

William Henry Fox Talbot | The Pencil of Nature | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Another photographer who explored the photobook was Robert Franks Americans. Americans was a look at America during the post war period in American history. He showed America in its true reality-with consumerism and racism. 

Stephen Shore Surface American. 

Stephen Shore travelled through America from New York to Texas. He was a passenger so his images give the viewer this perspective. His images reflect those created by somebody travelling and a realist view of society in the 1970s. His book has a concept of travelling as a passenger and his travels across America as a tourist.

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Ed Ruscha Every Building on Sunset Strip. 1966

This book is "54 pages (folded), black & .white photographic illustrations; accordion fold; original slipcase, silver paper over boards; white paper belly band"

Every building on the Sunset Strip, 1966 by Edward Ruscha :: | Art Gallery of NSW

The book shows every building on Sunset Strip in LA in the USA. The difference to other photographers is Ed Ruscha has created a folding accordion zine type of book which shows every building on the strip. 

Alec Soth Niagara 

Soth created Niagara about a famous body of water in America and how it attracts newlyweds and lovers who can be half naked on occasion. The camera used was a 8x10 large format camera 

The context of the book consist of 

"Working over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls, Soth edited the results of his labors down to a tight and surprising album. He depicts newlyweds and naked lovers, motel parking lots, pawnshop wedding rings and love letters from the subjects he photographed. We read about teenage crushes, workplace affairs, heartbreak and suicide. Oscar Wilde wrote, "The sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life." Niagara brings viewers both the passion and the disappointment--a remarkable portrayal of modern love and its aftermath"

Niagara by Alec Soth | Goodreads

Chris Killip In Flagrante

Killip is a documentary photographer who is interested in the relationship people have to a place or community. Killip produced In Fragrante from 1972-1985 and documents the social change occurring.

"In 1988 he published In Flagrante, a landmark of social documentary that has influenced generations of younger photographers. His friend and fellow photographer Martin Parr described it as “the best book about Britain since the war”.

Chris Killip obituary | Photography | The Guardian

Martin Parr Last Resort. 

The Last Resort was shot in the 80s in New Brighton Liverpool. The footage was shot on a medium format camera and included a day flash. The images include a saturation of color which is a influence of William Eggleston's work. The context of the book is to document the social decline in Thatcher's Britain during the early to mid 80s. 

The book is in landscape format with information then complemented by images overleaf. 

                           

       The Last Resort. Martin Parr               

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      (294) Martin Parr - The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton - YouTube

Gilles Peress Farewell to Bosnia

Giles Peress spent 6 months in Bosnia during the year 1993 and witnesses the human conflict which took place when nationalism spelled the end of the former communist country Yugoslavia.  

In terms of how the images are formatted in the book, the photographer allows her images to unravel the narrative of events which occurred. The pages are in a landscape view with 2 photos on one page. 

Mishka Henner Less Americans 

Less Americans is based on Robert Franks 1950s book The American. However, the concept at work here is according to Less Americains — Mishka Henner

But just as the idea of America has changed immeasurably in those five decades, the idea of photography has also changed beyond recognition. In the current empire of images, I can't help but imagine that photographs move very differently than the way they did back then And in their constant occupation of our physical and emotional landscape, the capacity for images to move us has also undoubtedly been changed. I wonder if their powers have gradually diminished over time, like the dreams that once fuelled America's - and our - aspirations"

Less Americains — Mishka Henner

                                           Less Americains — Mishka Henner

The format of the book is an empty page then a page that contains an image. I am finding it difficult to find an example of this book online to view. 

Bromberg and Chanarin-The Holy Bible. 

Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin's Holy Bible - in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

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Bromberg and Chanarin are 2 artists who live in London. The Holy Bible is a bible with images which have been cut out and placed in at certain passages. Therefore, no book design is needed as the book is being used as a canvas to display the images. The concept is conflict in our history. 

This concept screams to me Fredrick Nietzsche famous assertion that God is dead. The use of The Bible and the overriding conceptual idea of science suggests this. 

 

Narrative.

 The photographer Robin Hornstra has created many bodies of work which contain a narrative. The image below details a male and a female who have numerous medals from the Soviet ere. Some of the countries which were once Soviet are now European since The Cold war ended in 1992. This has given Hornstra an opportunity to document this changing face of Europe and Russia over the last 50 years. 

 

The Europeans- According to Rob Hornstra's website

 "The Europeans is a portrait of modern Europe. Traveling from region to region and from theme to theme in this multi-year project, photographer Rob Hornstra and writer Arnold van Bruggen will create a 21st century time piece on the European Heartland. Hornstra and van Bruggen see Europe on the eve of drastic change. Populism and authoritarianism are on the rise, ghosts from the past seem to return.

The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson published his book Les Européens in 1955. He looked beyond nationalism or local customs in the individual countries. He sought evidence for a greater identity, a European parable shared by the people and the landscape. More than sixty years later, Hornstra and van Bruggen share this ambition. It’s time to come up with a new version of The Europeans"

Rob Hornstra | The Europeans (2020 - 2030)

Rob Hornstra | The Europeans (2020 - 2030)

I Sell Fish Joshua Deaner

This book by Joshua Deaner is a massive 350 page book which explores different photographic methods. Using writings, images and video stills. The example below shows a diverse collection of materials used such as drawings and photographs. The gun the individual is holding on the first page, is pointing to the next page and it is clear there is a link here. I have noticed also that one page is white and the other is black. The image does not have any borders or there are no boarders on the page. Its as if the page is a canvas. The supposed narrative in the book according to the author follows the events experienced in a dream. This may appear abstract to some as all dreams are subjective. 

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Black Sea of Concreate Rafal Milach 

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Black sea of concreate is another book which uses a narrative or concept to underpin the works included in the book. However, the tittle doesn't prepare you for the contents enclosed within the book. The book addresses an ecological disaster in the Ukraine where nature is fighting with manmade pollution. 

black sea of concrete rafal - Bing images

Rafal Milach - Black Sea of Concrete | LensCulture

The images are full and cover a full page. They are eye catching and demand the viewer turns over the next page and stays engrossed in the book. 

Mayra Martell »Ciudad Juarez«

Mayra Martell »Ciudad Juarez« by Monochrom - Issuu

In viewing this book. The images follow a theme of landscape and street photography with people included. The book has either two images on two separate page or one image which requires two pages. 

The images are all black and white and are very moody in content. 

Redheaded Pickerwood Christian Patterson.

The concept of this book follows two young girls who went on a killing spree- murdering 10 people in the USA. The book features ideas or moments that are important to the events that occurred. The images represent photojournalism, forensic photography, image appropriation, reenactment and documentary photography. This pictures are like photographs in a photo album documenting a particular period in history. 

The Mushroom Collector by Jason Fulford. 

The Mushroom Collector is an exhibition and workshop which first appeared in Amsterdam in 2010 then disappeared. According to The Mushroom Collection (jasonfulford.com)

"Like a fungus, the project pops its head out briefly, and then goes back underground"

In 2011, the event "popped up" in LA on The Sunset Strip. However, the event and its contents grew in size due to Fulford's material extending. 

The Mushroom Collection (jasonfulford.com)

"In the winter of 2012, the collection was on view in the form of framed photographs, videos and sculptural interventions at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Later that spring it appeared in San Francisco at the Kadist Foundation as a mushroom machine.

In 2014, The Mushroom Collector was re-published as a pocket paperback.

The collection appeared twice in Europe in the winter of 2015 – first at colette in Paris, and later in Munich at Lothringer Kunsthalle"

The event uses numerous items such as photographs, film and objects. 

What is the photographic narrative form

The photographic narrative form is a style of photography which follows an overriding story or narrative .

How the images are displayed and the order they are in is vital to the success of the story being understood

by the viewer. Therefore, they must be staged or candid-with the motivation being capturing a narrative of

a personal event, historical narrative or family history.

A website which researches this question.

What Is Narrative Photography? - Camera Ideal