Recently I made my very first scrapbook ever. I really felt like doing something a bit different than my usual style and I felt like experimenting. And indeed this book turned out quite unlike my other work, both in concept and execution. It turned out to be a simple exercise in visual storytelling of sorts.
Ok, let’s start from beginning. I knew I wanted to put together a simple scrapbook and I knew I wanted to utilize my old analog photos in it. But just gluing photos on book pages wasn’t enough especially because photos themselves (although simple) were evocative of certain moods. So, I decided to intuitively associate one word with each picture without thinking too much. First words that came to mind were: dream, warmth, memory, remember, reverie, passage, nostalgia, moody, silence and timeless. I wrote the words on a typewriter and printed out dictionary definitions of the words and paired them with photos. I wanted to create a dreamy mood while keeping the book minimalistic so I used white background for pages and light blue for back and cover.
Here is the result (also scroll down if you want to see the actual work-in-progress pics):
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Ok, and this is how I actually made the book. First I got myself nice, big box and cut 15x15cm cardboard pieces. I painted each piece white on both sides using acrylic paint (except book cover and back which I painted blueish). I choose photos I wanted to use and cut them so they can fit on my square format pages. I glued them on pages and then punched holes in cardboard so I can bind them. After this was done, I added words, more paint and ink stains on each page to make the whole book intentionally messier and totally imperfect.
The whole process of making this scrapbook was very intuitive and a great exercise to put me in mood for telling stories and setting moods through photographs which I’ve been doing for my actual photo book (I mentioned it here before) that should be out in December 2012.
Matryoshka cats.
Portrait of a cat.
Girl wants a new pet. Kitten is not so sure about it.
This is the least creepy mask displayed in front of one of the stores in Radićeva street. I believe all other mask I saw in said store were designed with only one purpose in mind: to give small children nightmares.
A seemingly comfy bench in front of closed hair salon in one of the backyards in Radićeva street.
This photo was taken in Gornji grad in yard of one of the branches of law school. I liked that simple old clock…
…but what I liked even more was this old clock you can see if you wander up the stairs next to the entrance to law school. I coudn’t get a good photo of it since I used my 85mm lens, but that old Ludvik Hainz sure knew how to put together an interesting clock mechanism.
Tulips, who wouldn’t like them? They look so pretty and elegant…
…unlike this “heavy metal” door which was spotted in one of the backyards in Tkalčićeva street (if I can remember well).
Old white window, there is something nostalgic and maybe even romantic about it. Or it’s just an antiquated piece of carpentry, you decide.
Another old window that caught my attention, or to be precise a bowl of oranges caught my attention, I’ve must’ve been hungry.
And this one: a case of many baskets.
I love dogs, and this one was so cute waiting for his owner so patiently I had to snap a picture of it!
Hello there another canine friend! I like pugs but I think they are one of the rare breeds that look cuter when they grow up. I mean they are still cute as puppies but also kinda ugly at the same time 
I was impressed by beauty of magnolia trees.
Girl reading. I like how her bag matches the environment.
Arlen taking a picture.
Red pavilion.
Little lake and its inhabitants: sleepy ducks and active turtles.
