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Guest Post 26: Frank Cost’s Instant Photobook Project (b)

The constraint of time imposed by the self-imposed necessity of finishing the book on the same day makes it impossible to look too deeply into the images or second-guess my choices. I also have no time to bring anyone else into the selection or sequencing process. The first opportunity I have to study the details in the images is after I receive the first printed copy of the book in the mail. In every case I have been delighted by aspects of the images or coincidental relationships that I never observed at the time the exposures were made, nor even when I assembled the book. […]

Guest Post 26: Frank Cost’s Instant Photobook Project (a)

When I reviewed the images on the camera monitor, I found myself wanting to show other people the results of my solitary photo session. Then I had an idea. Why not try to use all the new technology to create and publish a book of these self-portraits that same day? What better way to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet-enabled digital print to the Xerox customers? […]