Where do you draw the line between fiction and fact?
In PIE International’s newest book: Into Fiction/Reality, the photographic and design talent of Mika Ninagawa is examined.
The softbound book immediately challenge one’s sense of reality by its cover.
The high-gloss, full-color, fold-over cover which is enhanced by silver type and spotlighting some close-ups of women’s lips is a bit of a shocker.
Flipping the book open readers will be treated to gallery of close-up photos of everyday objects and common people.
“What’s so unusual about that?” you might ask.
It’s how the close-ups are done that challenges your sight, point of reference and concept of reality.
Photos are often cropped at odd angles and fragments/segments.
Backgrounds either complement or contrast the subject matter and the images themselves frequently do not line up to what is expected.
Unusual cloths, props, overlapping images, confusing and mesmerizing patterns and foregrounds all combine to make Into Fiction/Reality an exercise in perception, conception, presupposition, non-conformity and non-traditional (yet strikingly familiar) presentations of images, people and things.
Every conceivable photographic image manipulation and black and white and color distortion, augmentation and technique is used to create a truly unique book of images.
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