In 2013, Cristina Middel was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for her project The Afronauts. The photographs were self-published as a photobook which became extremely popular, in part through a combination of word-of-mouth and the Internet. De Middel overlaps colour photographs with the other written and drawn material in a playful combination of storytelling and documentation.
Carefully read through and look at the links - use the comments section to answer the questions below:
Carefully read through and look at the links - use the comments section to answer the questions below:
- How does this photobook communicate a concept (idea) through a series of selected images and text?
- What do you notice about the layout of the book?