As far as I recollect, no one, male of female, went through my book from back
to front. Perhaps the title, Three Days in
Brooklyn, and certainly in many cases , my saying that the images are in close
to chronological order, may have led to
this result.
It is indeed a chronological journey, with only minor changes by a page or so
to match up facing pages. So it 'makes
sense' going through in order.
I'd never realized before what an important part of book design the choice and
placement of images on facing pages is.
The juxtaposition seems to automatically create connections and meaning in our
minds and more or less emotional response.
For example, putting two partial or full profile head and shoulders portraits
facing each other has a completely
different affect than facing away from each other. This is true even if the
only connection between the people is that
their images are in a book together.
Moose
On 10/22/2010 2:09 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Maybe it's more with magazines that I would glance at the pages as they
> flick past STARTING AT THE BACK. I think that's the opposite to what you
> describe. So I think you might be showing your feminine side. :-)
>
> On 22 October 2010 10:56, Piers Hemy<piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure that I *do* know what you mean, Jez, but I certainly start at
>> the back. And to make sure that you know what *I* mean, let me clarify:
>> When
>> browsing in a bookshop, I almost invariably take the book off the shelf
>> with
>> my right hand and hold it in my right hand with the left thumb on the page
>> edges. Unless I am deliberately looking at the contents page, for example,
>> but simply flicking through to assess the content, that means I always
>> start
>> at the back. Always have done! And probably always will, at the stage of
>> browsing the book.
>>
>> Moose, thanks for further expanding the range of topics on which you
>> provide
>> thoughtful analysis and thereby convincing encouragement to "go do it for
>> yourselves".
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jez Cunningham [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 21 October 2010 09:43
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Accounting for taste II
>>
>> I find men flip backwards while women start at the front. If you know what
>> I mean.
>> Jez
>>
>> On 21 October 2010 08:30, Andrew Fildes<afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> My experience as well. Apart from being a bit frustrated that they
>>> tend to start at the back and flip forwards!
>>> Nathan originally gave me the idea to use a Blurb 7x7 as a carry
>>> around book for when people ask you, "What kind of work do you do." I
>>> think I mentioned the experience of meeting Andrew Sanderson in the
>>> Photographer's Gallery in London and simply swapping Blurbs! They make
>>> good presents for family and friends as well if you can do it without
>>> ego tripping. :-) Andrew Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21/10/2010, at 10:42 AM, Moose wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's going to be a long time before web and computer or TV screen
>>> replaces a photo book as a way to present images. We
>>>> are still tactile creatures. Holding the book in hand, the tactile
>>>> feel
>>> of the pages as they are turned, flipping back
>>>> and forth, being able to hold the image at different distances and
>>>> angles
>>> - all of these seem to play into the
>>>> experience and affect the viewer's reaction to the images
>>>> themselves,
>>> both individually and as a set. Being bound
>>>> together seems to lead people to consider the set as a whole work
>>>> much
>>> more than a web gallery
>>>
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