The assignment was to photograph Jennifer Nielsen, in the pop culture section at Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore. The story was to be about “a recent publishing trend towards edgy, quasi-experimental fiction by 20-something authors. Many of these novels, influenced by today’s visual-information society, incorporate artwork into the pages or blend text with comic strips to tell stories in new ways.”
Telling stories in new ways. I like that idea. And I love these books. Visible in the frame is the excellent read, “Dishwasher,” and several other titles that I’ve enjoyed.
I made a couple of safe shots of Jennifer. With those safe in the can I got creative and made the above photograph. The story ran today, with one of my safe shots. Here is the layout:
You can read Brandon Grigg’s article here: http://www.sltrib.com/arts/ci_6322293
[...] Taking chances and being creative on assignment – Edge Books Trent gets creative on a routine assignment. They run the ’safe’ shot the size of a postage stamp. This is a shout out to Trent all the journalists who continue to try and do something different in the face of media mediocrity. [...]