Editing, sequencing and layout
Editing, sequencing and layout After an initial edit of all the photos for the project on the computer, I tried making book dummies (AKA maquettes) to get a feel for how the zine could flow. My default way of working is to think with my hands. So I started by printing off small images of all the photos in my long-list on the work laser printer. I made a rough pass at filtering these down to a set that worked well together. I tried to find some pairs that I could use on spreads. I thought about some kind of narrative – however abstract – that the viewer could follow through the zine. I wanted to create some variation in rhythm, so I used some photos across double-page spreads, and some others with blank pages opposite. At tis initial stage, I knew I was never going to get everting right, so I just tried to make one possible version, to see how it felt. At the same time, I also tried another approach. I printed all the photos 2-up onto A4 sheets so I could sp...