On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book

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Autor(a) principal: Brant, Alfredo
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37535
Resumo: Visual narratives have a long history in the context of human cultural artifacts. In any sequence of images, the juxtaposition of visual signs gives rise to narrative potential. The narrative qualities of photographic images have been explored since its early days through the medium of the book. Borrowing the book artifact from literature, photography has adapted it for its own purposes. Such appropriation invites an examination of the strategies that are employed in photobooks to promote the emergence of narratives. Drawing upon the field of Narrative Studies and the concepts of storyworld and worldmaking, this paper investigates the narrative construction in the photobook Niagara (2006), produced by photographer Alec Soth. The paper demonstrates that certain strategies used in literary texts are analogous to the photobook space. In conclusion, I argue that photobooks are cultural objects that offer invaluable narrative possibilities, especially because they afford agency for the reader’s/viewer’s worldmaking.
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spelling On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's bookDo potencial narrativo dos fotolivros: uma análise do livro Niagara de Alec SothPhotographyNarrativeStoryworldWorldmakingPhotobookNarrativaFotografiaFotolivroVisual narratives have a long history in the context of human cultural artifacts. In any sequence of images, the juxtaposition of visual signs gives rise to narrative potential. The narrative qualities of photographic images have been explored since its early days through the medium of the book. Borrowing the book artifact from literature, photography has adapted it for its own purposes. Such appropriation invites an examination of the strategies that are employed in photobooks to promote the emergence of narratives. Drawing upon the field of Narrative Studies and the concepts of storyworld and worldmaking, this paper investigates the narrative construction in the photobook Niagara (2006), produced by photographer Alec Soth. The paper demonstrates that certain strategies used in literary texts are analogous to the photobook space. In conclusion, I argue that photobooks are cultural objects that offer invaluable narrative possibilities, especially because they afford agency for the reader’s/viewer’s worldmaking.As narrativas visuais têm um lugar importante na história dos artefactos culturais humanos. Numa sequência de imagens, a justaposição de signos visuais oferece um potencial narrativo. As qualidades narrativas das imagens fotográficas foram exploradas desde seus princípios através do livro como mídia. Ao apropriar-se do livro como artefacto originário da literatura, a fotografia o adaptou para seus próprios fins. Tal apropriação levanta a questão de quais estratégias são empregadas nos fotolivros para fazer as histórias surgirem. A partir do campo dos Estudos Narrativos e dos conceitos de storyworld e worldmaking, este artigo investiga a construção narrativa no fotolivro Niagara (2006), produzido pelo fotógrafo Alec Soth. Nosso estudo demonstra que certas estratégias utilizadas em textos literários são análogas ao espaço do fotolivro. Concluindo, argumento que o fotolivro é um objeto cultural portador de possibilidades narrativas inestimáveis, especialmente porque proporciona liberdade ao leitor/espectador para a prática de worldmaking.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaBrant, Alfredo2022-05-13T10:24:08Z2021-11-172021-11-17T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37535eng2182-883010.14195/2182-8830_9-1_9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:42:59Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/37535Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:30:34.586458Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
Do potencial narrativo dos fotolivros: uma análise do livro Niagara de Alec Soth
title On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
spellingShingle On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
Brant, Alfredo
Photography
Narrative
Storyworld
Worldmaking
Photobook
Narrativa
Fotografia
Fotolivro
title_short On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
title_full On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
title_fullStr On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
title_full_unstemmed On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
title_sort On the narrative potential of photobooks: an analysis of Alec Soth's Niagara's book
author Brant, Alfredo
author_facet Brant, Alfredo
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Brant, Alfredo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Photography
Narrative
Storyworld
Worldmaking
Photobook
Narrativa
Fotografia
Fotolivro
topic Photography
Narrative
Storyworld
Worldmaking
Photobook
Narrativa
Fotografia
Fotolivro
description Visual narratives have a long history in the context of human cultural artifacts. In any sequence of images, the juxtaposition of visual signs gives rise to narrative potential. The narrative qualities of photographic images have been explored since its early days through the medium of the book. Borrowing the book artifact from literature, photography has adapted it for its own purposes. Such appropriation invites an examination of the strategies that are employed in photobooks to promote the emergence of narratives. Drawing upon the field of Narrative Studies and the concepts of storyworld and worldmaking, this paper investigates the narrative construction in the photobook Niagara (2006), produced by photographer Alec Soth. The paper demonstrates that certain strategies used in literary texts are analogous to the photobook space. In conclusion, I argue that photobooks are cultural objects that offer invaluable narrative possibilities, especially because they afford agency for the reader’s/viewer’s worldmaking.
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