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Blurb Book Proposal:
What I would like to do for my blurb book is the idea of documenting SUNY Oswego inside and out. From where I have lived to classes I've been in. Images from around town, displaying the extreme differences of day life and night life. This books purpose would be to capture the memories of my college experiences, friends and life. It would be nice to come back to this book anytime in the future and be able to see how these four years of my life were spent because I know a lot of people that ask themselves that question everyday. This book will be as many pages as it needs to be, hopefully with minimal text other than possible image titles.


Top 5 Book Store Favorites:
Bruce Elbeblawy - "Julifest Deutschland"
This book is once of my favorites because of its layout. I love how it has a scrapbook look to it with a digitally altered image in the background with photos overlaying it with added emphasis so they are the first thing you look at. The book basically narrates a trip through Germany.

Sandrine Henkinbrant - "Retour au plat pays"
This is another one of my favorites for a lot of the same reasons it documents a trip or just a life experience. There is some narration like Bruce's book but mainly lets the photos do the talking. The display of each page was the grabber for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the designs used as a background underneath the photos.

Barbara Simon Photography
I love the photos in this book. The layout is simple, one image per page, all images are the same size and the majority of them black and white. This book is full of fantastic images from different cities that were toured. Some of the images are of very recognizable places and some are just landscapes that look beautiful.

Jim Brown - "Shanghai, Stockholm"
Another book documenting a trip to a foreign land. This book is full of pages with one image per page displaying side by side like a dyptic. All of the images that show up side by side are related in some way too. Either in composition or color or theme.

Aaron Morris - "Untitled"
Phenomenal Images!