Considering this is now an online submission, it’s important to take into account how other practitioners are showcasing their work online – especially when it comes to book work.
I have found several photographers who displayed their book work online.
Lisa Barnard
Lisa Barnard, who I have used as a heavy reference so far, has gone so far as to create a fully interactive website to showcase The Canary and the Hammer – a site named ‘The Gold Depository’. Each section of work is displayed as an electron around the atomic structure graphic of gold.
Each section is set to music, and scrolls similarly to how a BBC News long-read would, incorporating text and images (which scroll both normally down the page, as well as left to right)
In the time frame I have, something like this is out of the picture, however, I always find this to be a great example.
Tom Broadbent
Tom Broadbent’s book ‘At Home With The Furries’ is one that I know personally to be very vibrant. The photography itself is vibrant, yet there is a long, scrapbook style notes page at the back. On his website, this project is displayed as a gallery, with almost every image from the book shown with a short description of the book.
It is a simple yet effective layout, which works to not give too much away about the project.
Michael Danner
Danner is a documentary photographer with many book projects, which are displayed online in a similar style to Broadbent. The website is divided into several sections, and each book is accompanied by a short, third-person description, along with a longer description under a cut, and other information too.
In the grand scheme of things for my own work, this will most likely be the approach I take.
Several of his projects also include a long-form written essay, which in my opinion is far too much. Were my work destined to be featured in a gallery, or elsewhere in a physical form, this would be something I would consider.
From this, I will likely follow Danner’s ‘about’ style.
Ryan Trower 