With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret, Ransom Riggs's Talking Pictures is a haunting collection of antique found photographs-with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life-from the author of the New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person's life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book's unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph's particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.
| ISBN: | 9780062099495 |
| Publication date: | 4th September 2012 |
| Author: | Ransom Riggs |
| Publisher: | ItBooks an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 366 pages |
| Genres: |
Popular culture Photography: portraits and self-portraiture Colours and colour theory General and world history Drawing and drawings History of art The Arts: techniques and principles Graphic design Book design and Bookbinding History Photography and photographs Humour |