Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past â Antique Found Photographs with Evocative Inscriptions by Ransom Riggs

Riggs, Ransom

ISBN 10: 0062099493 / ISBN 13: 9780062099495

Published by Dey Street Books, 2012

About this Item

All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past â Antique Found Photographs with Evocative Inscriptions by Ransom Riggs
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062099493
• ISBN 13: 9780062099495
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret, Ransom Riggs's Talking Pictures is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person’s life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book’s unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph’s particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.

About the Author

Ransom Riggs is the New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, the writing of which was largely responsible for his current addiction to old photo collecting. Rather than seek treatment, Ransom channeled his compulsion into the compiling of Talking Pictures, a book he hopes will make you cry, and perhaps find a coveted spot on your coffee table. He lives in Los Angeles, where you can often find him hunting for old snapshots at the monthly Rose Bowl Swap meet.