Flip Book

This project was a way to practice making images which would be clear and interesting even at a very small size. Each photograph printed at 7.5 x 5 cm. There are a lot of types of images which do not work at such a small size, for example, very busy or complex images with a lot of different textures, pictures with very low contrast or which have only a subtle difference in color between the foreground and the background. The images that worked best were very graphic, with clean lines or a clear differentiation between colors and shapes. Anything which is very small has to be against a plain background, and close ups have to be very clear, otherwise they look too abstract and it is hard to tell what the images are of. Because mobile media can be viewed anywhere, sometimes with less than optimal lighting, clarity has to be a main focus. Basically, if you squint your eyes and look at the image and can still tell what it is, then it works for a mobile media format.