Memorabilia

I just watched a video of Gábor Arion Kudász presenting his photobook, Memorabilia. The book has a unique layout, in that it appears to be a sort of notebook, and the actual photos are enclosed within the full pages of text. Even though this is an 8 minute video, I was glued to the screen the whole time. The layout is simple; mostly full page bleeds with one image per side. But the mix of different objects, sketches, and found elements, and their combinations on the page, kept it interesting. I thought that the black and white would cause this to become too repetitive, but it didn’t. Instead, it tied everything together well.

Above, I took some screenshots of my favourite pages. I found that I gravitated towards themes or elements that I am also exploring in my work. For example, the passport photo style images, and the plates. I like the way that although there are a few different ways of laying the images out, and creating ‘collages’ of images, there is definitely a sense of cohesion. I also paid particular attention to the pages that included multiple frames of similar subjects. This reminded me of the pages in my book about ‘the passing of time,’ which I am not 100% happy with the layout of just yet. I think I will try to re-shuffle these pages, maybe including some white space / gaps as Kudász does in his book.

(1) Arion Kudász, G 2020, Gábor Arion Kudász ⎪ Memorabilia, video, viewed 21 May 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg6JAq40gJk&feature=youtu.be>