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Talking Pictures - Images and Messages Rescued from the Past (Paperback, New)
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Talking Pictures - Images and Messages Rescued from the Past (Paperback, New)
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"I'm absolutely fascinated by Ransom Riggs' [series] "Talking
Pictures" - themed collections of found photographs that happen to
have writing on them. Usually, there's just enough written to make
each image more powerful, and leave you wanting more".
(Boingboing.com). Growing up in South Florida - the land of junk
stores, garage sales and big-tent flea markets - Ransom Riggs
collected pictures of people he didn't know. Searching through
endless dusty aisles of old stuffed animals, mismatched dishes, and
needlepoint portraits, Riggs would find boxes of yellowing
snapshots, discarded by old folks who had died or children who
hadn't seen fit to save them. As hundreds of unknown faces from
unknown locals stared back at him, Riggs found himself searching a
particular kind of photograph - those with writing on the back or
sides. "Talking Pictures" is a stunning collection of found images
from the past-men, women, and children pulled from obscurity,
posing for unknown cameraman. Yet, upon closer inspection, each
image reveals something greater - an inscription that has the
ability to open up a new world. In "Talking Pictures" Riggs 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. Grouped into categories like Love and Marriage, Road
Trip, Clowning Around, and The Dead, the images reveal secrets,
express pain and longing, and capture moments of honesty like no
other medium. With a single phrase, each haunting image becomes
something not just to look at, but to listen to.
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