Fotografiks

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Fotografiks is a book by David Carson published in 1999 in conjunction to the release of The Fragile. The book is a proem to the Fragility V2.0 featuring Bill Viola.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Abstract

Fotografiks is the equilibrium between photography and design through graphic expression that evolves from content, or fotografiks, photography with a graphic attitude. Street markings, graffiti and all sorts of signage have been obscured, enlarged or cropped to create strangely familiar but often enigmatic pictures that show Carson's acutely sensitive response to shapes, colors, shadows and light. An introductory essay explores the synergy between graphic design and photography, and the dynamic relationship that exists between words and pictures. Anecdotal captions provide philosophic comments on the nature of the photographs, aspects of the page design and observations on the process of assembling parts to form a whole.^[1]