Harvey Benge: The Photobook - a few thoughts on sequencing
(spread from I Want To Live Innocent by Torbjørn Rødland)
Read this, really really interesting. Funnily enough I have been working off of / taking a lot of inspiration from I Want To Live Innocent and Rodland’s other books for the layout & presentation of the new book I’m working on…This certainly rings true:
What’s worse, photobooks are still being made where photographs are juxtaposed with images echoing each others formal elements. Viewer response, and my response to this is – oh yeah I can see why those photographs were put next to each other, so what.
This sort of reaction is counterproductive. Better to have a response like this – why were those pictures put next to each other, there has to be a reason? Setting this up sustains interest and keeps the reader coming back to the work.
If you are a friend / peer and are interested in giving some criticism and advice, send me an email and I will give you a preview of the new book…looking for some more opinions on it.
