process book 2

Gallery Book.
When introducing text and photo-manipulation into the booklets, I was
hesitant because I wanted to give my experimental typography the attention it
deserved. When incorporating text, it took away from the pieces but made the
narrative more legible. In compromise, I created a gallery book to showcase
each piece and the photography that went into their documentation.
This book has very minimal text and focuses on letting the photos explain the
pieces. I tried to emphasis white space as well as full bleed imagery. Examples
of spreads can be seen on the right.
With every book, you need a cover. The covers of the booklets are full bleed texture images
that relate to the emotion. I did not know how I would use a texture that related to all
emotions at once. Instead of trying to encompass all emotions, I tried to focus on the idea
of a singular voice. In the booklets, I used one font for all emotions to create this one human
thread weaving all of these emotions together; we all experience these emotions and
that’s what makes us innately human. You are not different when you’re enraged than when
you’re grieving. From this, I decided to make the cover of the gallery book a full bleed
image of my skin with “introspection” written in my handwritting on the cover. The skin
texture is challenging, almost gross, but encourages you to hold it in your hands and experience
every one of these materials. This choice was a huge risk when printing the book but
it created the feeling of humanity and flesh that is essential to the emotional experiences.