The difference between photography books and fashion magazines

A 'photo book' is by definition a book where images are the main source for material inside.

Magazines are defined as periodical instalments to a publication which includes articles and creative artwork. Often aimed at a specific target audience or on a specific subject.

I am going to look at and discuss two hugely popular pieces of material from both in order to compare and let me decide on how I want to display my work potentially. 

This is Eggleston's Guide which was publish alongside his first exhibition. The cover shows a hardback book which is to protect the paper on the inside. This means that the book is intended to survive a long time. An image is also a main subject on the cover which gives the viewer a taste as to what the work is all about on the inside. Also having his name on the front as part of the title makes his name into a brand directly linked to this work.

The inside is very simple and makes the viewer focus on the single images that he placed on one side of the book. When you turn the page this layout makes the viewer feel that each and every image is important and should be treated the same even though some of them won't be as strong as others. A large white border has also been used which is very clean and encompasses the image. There is a small amount of text on the opposite page which states where the image was taken and what page it is. This makes me question whether I really need a large amount of text in my own book.

The front image and layout is very different to the photography book. The image covers the whole page  and the text is actually used over it, emphasising that the image actually isn't the most important part of it. Using text in this way is a destructive way of editing an image because now parts of the image aren't visible. The cover is also soft back maiming that it's something that isn't meant to last forever. The audience is expected to throw it away because as soon as it is released it technically isn't fashion; this style is now in the past.

This shows the basic layout of this magazine. It uses minimalist text for clothing, model and photographer. The images are then centrally placed on the page with a large border the emphasise how clean the images are. 

I think that I can use several bits from both resources in order to make my book. I would like to create an A4 soft back book similar to the magazine, but use singular images over two page spread with a large border similar to the photography book. For my front cover I think I will use an image to cover a large portion of the page but still retain a small border. However I will also use my text with the image to give it a headline title sort of feel. Both of these sources uses white borders so I might do the same.