The solution to combining colour and monochrome photographs as well as different format sizes and make it credible in a book layout has proved problematic. In a recent lecture with Laura, it is suggested I look at Christian Patterson's book 'Reheaded Peckerwood'. The book is a true story of two American teenagers in the 1950s who went on a killing spree. Decades later, Patterson revisited the crime scenes and was surprised to find evidence left by the police. The video below describes his reasons and methodology in the production of the work. I find this particularly interesting with how he successfully combines a mix of images and formats.
Presenting Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson
Christian Patterson describes how he was inspired by the work of William Eggleston to teach himself photography and switch careers to become an artist. The book, Redheaded Peckerwood is the result of Patterson's obsessive five year exploration of the world of Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate, teenagers who launched a notorious crime spree through the winter landscape of the upper midwest in 1958.