Chapter 3From Pictures to a Book: General Considerations
3.1 Introduction
In light of the preceding chapters, it should be clear that it is extremely important to think of a photobook as more than being a receptacle for photographs. Of course, photobooks are that, given that they contain photographs. But they can be—and I would argue: should be—a lot more. Here is a list of all the different hats a photobook has to wear:
A photobook ideally presents a fully realized version of a photographic body of work in the form of a very specific object (see Chapter 1). As such, the experience of looking at the book, whether in one or repeated sittings, conveys as much as possible (hopefully everything) the photographer aimed at including in her or his pictures. ...
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