I wanted to create a book to show my images from my objects shoot. I wanted to show the contrast between the girls statements about how they feel about wearing make up, and the things we use to remove makeup, hair and other things of that nature. I still wanted the images to show how something so horrible looking, is creating something beautiful.
I chose the name Removable Beauty, as I thought this described all the objects well. These are all thing we use to remove something from our body, sometimes to become more beautiful or something that made us beautiful. I chose this image, as it allowed me to have the title on the front, with nothing obstructing the text. I also like how from the front, it may be unclear to what the object is, until you look at the back and see the whole picture.
I created the book using a template from
Blurb, in Indesign. I knew I wanted it to be simple and a sleek design. I chose
to have everything only on one side of the page, with 40 pages. I have 8
images, and 9 statements, alternating between the pages. I chose to have a
small square book, and this is why I cropped the images to be square, as I felt
this looked the best. The images are very detailed, so by choosing a small book
meant there was a less chance the image would lose detail. The book is 7x7 cm
square.
I am not sure yet if I will put this with my
exhibition, I want to see what it looks like. I need to consider if it adds to
the work, or if it would just be a distraction. Either way, I wanted these
images to be shown in some way, and I feel it works well in this book.
