Research a photo-book and describe the story it is communicating  with reference to subject-matter, genre and approach to image-making.

I am going to be researching ‘Impressions‘ by Thomas Lodin. Impressions is a printed book project that was published in 2019 and is a result of three years of photographic work. The book consists of 150 photos across 290 pages and is divided into three colour spaces; blue, white and red. Lodin breaks down and displays the surf culture and the perceptual movement of a surfer within his photobook as his images focus ore on the aesthetic side of photography rather than the technical side. This is demonstrated by the unique images Lodin has created of the surf which has been inspire by Leroy Grannis who was seen as a surf culture legend. Lodin poses a candid look on surfing as he enjoys taking images surrounding the surf culture and the ocean in general. He has always had a love for the ocean from a very young age as he has many found memories from messing around in the sea. He seems to live a very laid back life and enjoys spending time taking surf photos as surfing has a major influence on his life.

The book has a matte lamination hard cover with a soft touch finish. The front cover design implies that the book is going to contain surf images as some may argue that the black shape looks like a surf fin. To back this up more the white gradient background and blue font also implies the photobook is about the ocean. Personally, I think the front cover design is quite simplistic which relates o the theme of what surf culture is all about. The book has a range of different page layouts including double page spreads and basic but effective designs. The way Thomas Lodin has laid his images out is unique