A SHORT HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY HARVEY BENGE WITH ESSAY BY GERRY BADGER, PUBLISHED BY DEWI LEWIS 2007

Vapour Momenta Books

A typographic approach to the cover was developed upon Benges idea to list the photographers names in alphabetical order – the same order of appearance through the book (a gentle point of reference if needed). This composition required intense knitting of names and white space to have the piece work in a pleasing and easy manner. As well, I wanted to embed the title and authors names in such a way that flowed without disruption – quite a challenge, but wonderful working with Didot. The oversized letter A hints to the ABC of photographers – a nice tool referencing learning.
Detail of the front cover composition

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