The cover and back cover, I wanted to use black and white photos as I felt it had the traditional, but powerful feel to them I want the book to have. The cover looks like a hedge in a field until you look closer and realise it is a tractor that is over grown with a hedge and over plants. However it still has a cover on as an attempt to protect it as it is loved but just no time to look after it well. This hints at the life of a farmer, trying to look after everything but running out of time so doing his best. I also like that it is clearly an older tractor hinting at the more traditional techniques the farmer uses, that will be featured throughout the book. The back cover is very simple, a black and white photo of birds flying, I like the simplicity. It hints at how at the end of the day farming is just trying to work with nature and explore the freedom it has, to bring new life and get rid of old while still having a direction. I haven’t put a title or author name on the book yet.

Final Pages

Summary

Overall, when creating the book I looked to place corresponding colours together, mini stories, metaphors and additions to the bigger picture. I linked certain things throughout the book, like the colour red and the organised chaos that is this farm. While still keeping to my original theme of farming, especially in a more traditional manor. A true union of the land and man. Many of my pages are full with the photo, some however require white boarders to add breathing room in the book. Stopping it getting too busy and overwhelming the viewer. It is an important story to be telling, the long hours and lifetime of dedication to still have just as much work tomorrow. I hope the book captures this, introducing the viewer into the story through familiar scenes, farming then showing the reality of it, workshops full of tools to get the tractors to run before they can go near a field.