Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
The Image and the Text
A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director
About the video: The Image and the Text
Overview
“Here I will introduce the relationship between image and text, which can activate new meanings. I will analyze this relationship in Solastalgia and in other books.”
In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: The Image and the Text, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding. Learn to create a photography book, from selecting the images, format, and design to the paper and binding for your mock-up.
Partial transcription of the video
“The image and the text Before delving into the design aspects of the photo book, I think it is interesting to analyze a little more the relationship between the image and the text to better understand its expressive possibilities. We saw in the first unit which is one of the aspects that interest me most of the area and, above all, it is a modality that is also used in "Solastalgia". We could start from the statement that a photograph in itself is silent: without context, the understanding of an image is always very vague. This is one of the strengths of the photographic medium, because it ...”
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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
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Software
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Areas
Bookbinding, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Photography
Roberta Donatini
A course by Roberta Donatini
Roberta Donatini is a graphic designer and art director who lives in Milan. In 2016, following a stay in Paris where she worked with multiple photographers, designers, and architects, she took an offer to join the in-house team at Fabrica, an experimental communications research center based in Treviso.
She currently collaborates with cultural institutions, studios, and communication agencies on a freelance basis. She specializes in editorial photography and creating photo books, from the concept to final print, and has been teaching editorial design at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan since 2021. She also organizes dance events around Milan and other cities with the collective Ciao Mare (@ciaomarebaci).
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