After research into how the style of book sold at urban outfitters, one of the books was 'The Polaroid Book' This was a book that celebrated the beauty of polaroid photography, this then lead to the idea of if books that celebrated disposable camera photography was available and then how this was sold without looking like a photo album. How this style of book showed imagery similar to the context for this brief and sold it.
Secondary Research
The Drugstore Camera, Dennis Hopper
'The Drugstore Camera feels like a stumbled-upon treasure, a disposable camera you forgot about and only just remembered to develop. Yet in this case the photographer is Dennis Hopper and the photographs, remarkably, are never before published. Shot in Taos, New Mexico, where Hopper was based following the production of Easy Rider in the late 60s, the series was taken with disposable cameras and developed in drugstore photo labs. This clothbound collection documents Hopper's friends and family among the ruins and open vistas of the desert landscape, female nudes in shadowy interiors, road trips to and from his home state of Kansas and impromptu still lifes of discarded objects. These images, capturing iconic individuals, wide-open Western terrain and drug-addled fun, create a captivating view of the 60s and 70s that combines political idealism and optimism with California cool.'
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 1.5 x 24.1 cm
Price: £30.00
Cover: Hardcover
This book is a collection of disposable camera shots taken by photographer Dennis Hopper during a film set, it is effectively a photo album of the trip from his view which link this style book to the feedback from the presentation. This style of book sells as it showcases the unique effects given by the style of camera used for the image capture but also is a collection of interesting imagery that will appeal to a boarder audience interested in native american style photography or culture as this is what most of the imagers content is. The book highlights the style of analog photography to add integrity and detail to the otherwise simple images, it showcases the what could be considered the mistakes or issues with this capture technique as a positive. Ina world where all most photos are Digital taken, crispy, hight quality imagery this relates back to a time era before this technology was possible.The images are give more personality due to the mistakes caused by the technique which link to the content for this brief. These images use the camera for the same reasons it was selected for this brief because it portray the atmosphere and the feelings of being in the situation at the time in the most suitable/accurate way. This will sell the book to those who are inspired or are fans of this style of photography as well as those interested in the content of the imagery.
Having the images singular makes them appear more separate, rather than as a set or pair of imagery highlight the beauty of the images as individual this is done to intrigue an audience interested in this style of photography. The stye of the content is very messy, imperfect photography but the production and design of the book is very modernist, simplistic stylistic construction as to allow the photos to be the element the audience is drawn too without creating overly busy pages.
The images as highly visible due to the white space around them, this perfect modern design contrasts with the rudimentary photography style creating a juxtaposition being the content and the style to make the book seem more professional to the viewer rather than cheap as the photography style could be seen as.
Theres no decorative type or design involved in the book to make sure the images are seen as powerful serious shots, this shows the audience the book is created to be a more meaningful mature photography book. The modern design style adds a clean profession look to the informal, cheaply produced style imagery to make it sell to an older more design oriented audience by giving a serious nature to the content allowing it to sell to older professional photographer. The cheapness of the imagery is lost due to the expense added from the design style so the photos can be appreciated as works of art rather than just as quick cheap photographs.
-try modern to contrast/highlight the styles
-display the imagery to appeal to a boarder audiecene intrigued by the photo style
'Created from the Chicago Tribune's vast archives, Gangsters and Grifters is a collection of photographs featuring infamous criminals, small-time bandits, hoodlums, and more at shocking crime scenes. These vintage glass-plate and acetate negatives were taken from the early 1900s through the 1950s, and they have been largely unseen for generations. That is because most have never been published, only having been witnessed by the photographers and police in the moments after an arrest, crime, or even murder. Included are graphic crime scenes, raw evidence, and depictions of searing emotions, captured on film during a time when photographers were given unprecedented access alongside police. Some photographs resemble film noir movie stills. Some are cartoonish. All feature real people, real drama, and real crimes. Accompanying information about each is included wherever possible, often with archived news stories. Gangsters and Grifters is a powerful, visually stunning look back into the dark story of Chicago's nefarious crime underworld. These fascinating, surprising, and entrancing photos reveal still-unsolved murder mysteries and portraits of notorious gang overlords like John Dillinger and Al Capone. This is a must-have for photography buffs, history lovers, and anyone curious about the seedy underbelly of early 20th-century Chicago.'
Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 22.9 x 28.6 cm
Price - £19.55
Cover - Hardback
This book is photography book that documents unseen photos from Chicago gangsters from an age before Digital photography, the content is acetate negatives developed to discover the imagery lost for years wich shows scene and stories. The main target audience of this book is people who are interested old american gangster history, a mostly male audience who want to learn more or see the real life imagery of the crimes.
This book also has a boarder audiecene of people interested in the history of photography, this is as it displays the style of photos from this era in american history and how photographical negatives can last over decade but still the quality is durable. The photography is described as 'captured on film during a time when photographers were given unprecedented access alongside police' which will shows how the book will appeal to students to older photographers as its unique time compared to now where all the crime scene photos clear document of the evidence these where taken to display the moment or scene.
Even thought the content has very selective audience, this book shows how certain analog photography style can portray a time or place to that audience whilst opening the audience up to a wider audience due to the history of the imagery production. This can be applied to the content for this brief, use the style of imagery to capture the moment as well as expresses the atmosphere too.This allows the viewers to be more immersed to the scene by commination no just the imagery but the time so they get feel to the content. This style photography fits with the concept behind the content for this book as here it adds age to the imagery, this is as the style is recognizable from this ere due association with old gangster films are shot in similar style.
-serious design and production to make it seem serious like the content
-expensive stock to reflect the crimes
-imagery from the time reflect the moment well without explanation
-shows who photographical style can capture a at atmosphere
-link to other media style from the era (newpapers, films from the page design)
Lomography City Guides
'Get your hands on one of these guides and be a slick analogue explorer made by Lomographers, for Lomographers.'
The lomography city guides are a collection of guide books that inform about selected cities whist displaying a range of personal photo taken on lomographic cameras in the selected areas. They are lighthearted handbooks that target a market specially interested in this style of photography combined with the an interest in travel. The beautyof this book is that even thought it primary sells to people interested in both it can also sell to an audience interested in either field, as it can used as a useful guide due to the copy content but uses as a deceleration of lomographic images, it combines both but can sell both aspect due to the practical design and production.
The books highlight places to visit in the selected country, then displays personal lomographic imagery taken in the place. This is then all linked together by a map on the first page as it allowed the book to be used a functional travel guide, this is an idea that can relate to this brief.
-map links content and imagery
-functional but also demonstrate the beauty of the lomogrpahy style
-copy give images a purpose
-busy layout to see very full/informative
-paperback, small and light stock so its easy to carry and use on the go for travellers
-appeals to two audiences as well as people interested in both
-fun imagery with busy background appeal to younger less serious audience
Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 1.8 x 21 cm
Price: £8.99
Cover: Paperback
Lomography City Guide London
'Think you know everything about London? Get your hands on the Lomography City Guide London and let Lomographers take you on a tour around this city! Packed with colorful analogue shots and detailed information about secret spots around UK’s capital, this travel guide will make you take another look at London!'
'Get your hands on one of these guides and be a slick analogue explorer made by Lomographers, for Lomographers.'
The lomography city guides are a collection of guide books that inform about selected cities whist displaying a range of personal photo taken on lomographic cameras in the selected areas. They are lighthearted handbooks that target a market specially interested in this style of photography combined with the an interest in travel. The beautyof this book is that even thought it primary sells to people interested in both it can also sell to an audience interested in either field, as it can used as a useful guide due to the copy content but uses as a deceleration of lomographic images, it combines both but can sell both aspect due to the practical design and production.
The books highlight places to visit in the selected country, then displays personal lomographic imagery taken in the place. This is then all linked together by a map on the first page as it allowed the book to be used a functional travel guide, this is an idea that can relate to this brief.
-map links content and imagery
-functional but also demonstrate the beauty of the lomogrpahy style
-copy give images a purpose
-busy layout to see very full/informative
-paperback, small and light stock so its easy to carry and use on the go for travellers
-appeals to two audiences as well as people interested in both
-fun imagery with busy background appeal to younger less serious audience
Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 1.8 x 21 cm
Price: £8.99
Cover: Paperback
Lomography City Guide London
'Think you know everything about London? Get your hands on the Lomography City Guide London and let Lomographers take you on a tour around this city! Packed with colorful analogue shots and detailed information about secret spots around UK’s capital, this travel guide will make you take another look at London!'
Others in the guide set -
Lomography City Guide Berlin
Lomography City Guide HongKong
Lomography City Guide Vienna
Lomography City Guide Seoul
Newton. Polaroids
'Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many photo enthusiasts who remember a time when "instant photography" meant one-of-a-kind prints that developed within minutes of clicking the shutter. What was once a crucial tool for photographers to test their shots before shooting on film has now become obsolete in the face of digital photography. Luckily for us, legendary photographer Helmut Newton saved his test Polaroids, allowing a privileged and rare chance to see the tests from a selection of his greatest shoots over a period of decades, including many from the TASCHEN titles SUMO, A Gun for Hire, and Work. Selected by his widow, June Newton, from over 300 photos featured at the 2011 exhibition "Helmut Newton Polaroids" at the Museum for Fotografie in Berlin, this collection captures the magic of Helmut Newton photo shoots as only Polaroids can.'
'Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many photo enthusiasts who remember a time when "instant photography" meant one-of-a-kind prints that developed within minutes of clicking the shutter. What was once a crucial tool for photographers to test their shots before shooting on film has now become obsolete in the face of digital photography. Luckily for us, legendary photographer Helmut Newton saved his test Polaroids, allowing a privileged and rare chance to see the tests from a selection of his greatest shoots over a period of decades, including many from the TASCHEN titles SUMO, A Gun for Hire, and Work. Selected by his widow, June Newton, from over 300 photos featured at the 2011 exhibition "Helmut Newton Polaroids" at the Museum for Fotografie in Berlin, this collection captures the magic of Helmut Newton photo shoots as only Polaroids can.'
Harry Gruyaert
'Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s and 1980s. This book brings together his best work, including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots and the later Made in Belgium, in one beautifully produced volume. Influenced by such American photographers as Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, as well as by cinema, Gruyaert’s work defined new territory for colour photography: an emotive, non-narrative and boldly graphic way of perceiving the world. His photographs are autonomous and self-sufficient, often independent from any context or thematic logic.'
Features Seen
- book created to be read at home/ coffee table books are bigger, heavy, thicker, cost more and hardback (disposable camera book, gangsters book) compared to books that are created to be a guide or useful (lomography guides)
- guides should be easy to read/use due to the production but durable
-minimal design can work for analog photography as well as busy
-the design sets the tone for the audience and the style of boo, minimal=serious/older, busy=fun/younger
-high quality stock costs more so this effect the price of the book, this related the target audience age. the books targeted at the older audience with more money have better quality stock but are more expensive.
-the books that uses more colours target a younger audience as this seem more fun, flashy feel, this compares
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HARD TO ANALYSE PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL BOOKS, go library/shops find books
- book created to be read at home/ coffee table books are bigger, heavy, thicker, cost more and hardback (disposable camera book, gangsters book) compared to books that are created to be a guide or useful (lomography guides)
- guides should be easy to read/use due to the production but durable
-minimal design can work for analog photography as well as busy
-the design sets the tone for the audience and the style of boo, minimal=serious/older, busy=fun/younger
-high quality stock costs more so this effect the price of the book, this related the target audience age. the books targeted at the older audience with more money have better quality stock but are more expensive.
-the books that uses more colours target a younger audience as this seem more fun, flashy feel, this compares
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HARD TO ANALYSE PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL BOOKS, go library/shops find books
Primary Research Shoot Forever
'A new double-book entitled ‘Shoot Forever’ which includes galleries, tips and vignettes from the LomoStaff and the Community! Filled with pages full of Diana F+ and Diana Mini shots, the Shoot Forever book fits right into your coffeetable or in your bag! Grab some special Mini inspirations from the book to last you for years to come!'
This book is a coffee-table style photo heavy publication that celebrates the use of analog cameras, it does this as its a collection of personal yet beautifully lighthearted shots taken of family members or scenes.The way this book differs from a normal personal photo album so to appeal to the audience is by the way include information abut the style of photography , tips for how to take images of this style and by the way the production celebrates this style of image capture. All the feature of the book highlight the benefits of this style of photography, the colours uses, the blinding, the way the book opens, the dimensions, the finish are all informed by the style to make it sell t a audience interested in this style of imagery.
-colours are bright vivid and retro, these are seen in imagery taken by the camera but enhanced slightly for the book to highlight this aspect
-the dimensions of the book are the same as the photos produced
-the opening is so that the different layout of the photos can be seen, left is the landscape photos, right is the portrait imagery
-the finish is gloss to reflect this analog method with is printed mostly on glossy paper
The target audience of this book is people interested in this style of imagery a well as people who want to learn more about how to use analog style cameras, this book appeal to them by being an easy to read aesthetically please publication but also with dotted parts of advice to give it a functional use.
This style of photograph has two ways of capturing imagers, one is landscape and one is portrait, this has influenced the books production as the book open up off centre so that the left pages reflect the landscape imagery dimensions where as the right side reflect the portrait style photography dimensions that can be taken. This has been done to hight the benefits of this style of photography but also allowed the images to be be in the book full bleed without having to be cut done or size changed.
'A new double-book entitled ‘Shoot Forever’ which includes galleries, tips and vignettes from the LomoStaff and the Community! Filled with pages full of Diana F+ and Diana Mini shots, the Shoot Forever book fits right into your coffeetable or in your bag! Grab some special Mini inspirations from the book to last you for years to come!'
This book is a coffee-table style photo heavy publication that celebrates the use of analog cameras, it does this as its a collection of personal yet beautifully lighthearted shots taken of family members or scenes.The way this book differs from a normal personal photo album so to appeal to the audience is by the way include information abut the style of photography , tips for how to take images of this style and by the way the production celebrates this style of image capture. All the feature of the book highlight the benefits of this style of photography, the colours uses, the blinding, the way the book opens, the dimensions, the finish are all informed by the style to make it sell t a audience interested in this style of imagery.
-colours are bright vivid and retro, these are seen in imagery taken by the camera but enhanced slightly for the book to highlight this aspect
-the dimensions of the book are the same as the photos produced
-the opening is so that the different layout of the photos can be seen, left is the landscape photos, right is the portrait imagery
-the finish is gloss to reflect this analog method with is printed mostly on glossy paper
The target audience of this book is people interested in this style of imagery a well as people who want to learn more about how to use analog style cameras, this book appeal to them by being an easy to read aesthetically please publication but also with dotted parts of advice to give it a functional use.
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-let the style of photo influence the production
-find the benefits of disposable cameras and use these to add to the book design
-glossy finish will reflect the paper the disposable content is printed on
-the size could influence the book
-busy layout seen more informal
-highlight the colours
-tips and information give purpose to the book
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