I came across a very interesting article in the paper yesterday.
Photographer Jeremy Parks decided to do a book. A normal sized coffee table book? Not quite. This behemoth is almost bigger than the coffee table. At more than 2m wide and 1m high this doesn't exactly make for ligt bedtime reading.
"Footpath Philosophers" is a photographic collection of 25 portraits of people of all ages and backgrounds. He shot it in a single day and then got his producer to collect a 1 sentence statement from each participant that summed up their thoughts on life basically. Some are poignant, others funny.
Director of digitalpress in Surry Hills, Sydney first had the idea to create the biggest case-bound book in Australia. It's now being submitted for a printing award.
