Description
| Product ID: | 9780062099495 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Talking Pictures |
| Subtitle: | Images and Messages Rescued from the Past |
| Authors: | Author: Ransom Riggs |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Photographs: collections, Photographs: collections |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of found images from the past-men, women, and children pulled from obscurity, posing for unknown cameraman. It shows us how a few scribbled lines can turn a blurry black-and-white snapshot of people who seem a million miles and a million years away into an intensely personal sliver of experience that anyone can relate to. With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret, Ransom Riggs''s Talking Pictures is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person’s life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book’s unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph’s particular context and lighting up our connection to the past. |
| Imprint Name: | It Books |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-09-04 |
