Client work: photo zine

Brief:

Create a photo zine based on photos taken from Instagram featuring photos taken by tourists which have had the attraction removed. 

Initially the client presented some print outs, which link to the zine so I could gain idea of the basis for the zine before our first meeting. This showcased the photos that had been crop to remove the tourist attraction so the person posing was left. I also learnt that the photos had been taken from Instagram. This lead to the decision to make the zine into a square like the original photos on Instagram with the negative space where the photo has been cropped being filled with a colour chosen from the sky in the photo featured on the page to create a consistent theme with the book due to the different shapes and colours within the photos (see figures 1-2). The concept behind the zine was to highlight the humility of the poses tourist make at each attraction and then idea that many people go to these historical/cultural cites to only take a photo instead of taking in the experience. The inspirations taken from Instagram within the book enhance the humility shown through the poses made as the type and size of the publication have all been inspired by Instagram. Furthermore the colours featured at the side of each photo have been taken from colour within the sky from the featured photo. This allowed for a consistant theme/aesthetic to be created ad taking colours from any other section of the photo would have resulted in an unordered/ unrefined aesthetic to the publication.

My Experience:

I found the experience working with a client an overall positive one, as due to the time limitations (2 days) of the brief the client was easy to contact and gain feedback from. The process of designing the zine was fairly straight forward once the photos had been organised and sent through, as the client loved the first concept pitched meaning the design work could be started quickly. However if more time was available I feel I could have developed the concept of the zine to further reflect the humility of tourist photos. However despite this I feel the links to Instagram help reinforce the concept behind the publication showing where the photos originated from. 

Figure 1

Figure 2