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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Drafting a journey in pictures...



Graphic novels are certainly being used in brilliant and fascinating ways nowadays. Case in point, The Photographer. This is an interesting mix of real photos (black and white with one color picture), comic-book art and excerpts from a diary to convey the true story of Didier Lefevre who traveled to Afghanistan in 1986 to follow Doctors Without Borders. Didier's photos are rich and beautiful. And reading his travelogue/non-fiction work in the form of a graphic novel complete with his photos makes for a very rewarding experience.

note: one of the best pictures in the collection (page 74) is not available on the website and features Didier capturing a raft just leaving shore with two passengers and a donkey as passengers.

3 comments:

nitesh said...

Seriously this is amazing, thanks for sharing.

Sachin said...

Thanks. Yeah it is something unique and does open the way for future possibilities, not only for non-fiction but journalism.

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