In my previous life, the one I had before embracing a camera, I loved comics. During a recent visit at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum I saw some pencil drawings, from an artist whose name I couldn’t recall, that really fascinated me.
The Arrival © Shaun Tan
Luck wanted that, among my Christmas presents, there was also a book from Shaun Tan, the artist whose work I admired in Amsterdam.
The book tells without words the story of an immigrant moving to a new world, you can see his books by yourself following this link. The theme that this book touches, migration, is common in photojournalism, so I think that it might be interesting to have an alternate and refreshing view on a known subject. In black and white.
Tags: drawings, shaun tan, the arrival
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very nice, i think there are some photographers who like comics..
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i do! thanks for te link..
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My daughter studied his works in class. They are doing a lesson on immigration and the life of immigrants. She said the drawings were very emotional and sad. Thanks for the link as I got to see not only what she was studying, but some amazing drawings. Really great stuff.
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Bruno for you, “a comic a day” website ;)
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really interesting. i’ll have to see where I can find some of his work. Is he dutch? I was just at an immigration rally in DC and took some black and whites of that. immigration really is an important subject for photojournalists.
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