Photographic fiction
Explore captivating photographic fiction books where stunning visuals meet compelling narratives. Discover a curated list of the best fiction books blending photography and storytelling.
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The Secrets of the Camera Obscura
by David Knowles
When an Italian woman is decapitated, a photographer/storyteller who lives in a camera obscura decides to solve her murder
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A Lovely Tale of Photography
by Péter Nádas
Peter Nadas, born in 1942 in Budapest, is the author of A BOOK OF MEMORIES and THE END OF A FAMILY STORY, which have won him wide acclaim as the outstanding Hungarian writer of his time. A LOVELY TALE OF PHOTOGRAPHY is an hallucinatory novella about a female photographer who is suffering from an undetermined illness. Confined to a sanitorium, where she is surrounded by a cast of stock characters speaking various languages, she is made to confront a reality other than that framed by her camera.
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The Coral Sea
by Patti Smith
In linked pieces, singer/songwriter Patti Smith tells the story of a man on a journey to see the Southern Cross, who is reflecting upon his life and fighting the illness that is consuming him. Through this collection of metaphoric and dreamy poems, "a singular, glowing vision of Robert Mapplethorpe develops and emerges" (William S. Burroughs). Photos.
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Secrets from the Center of the World
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"My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world." This is Navajo country, a land of mysterious and delicate beauty. "Stephen Strom's photographs lead you to that place," writes Joy Harjo. "The camera eye becomes a space you can move through into the powerful landscapes that he photographs. The horizon may shift and change all around you, but underneath it is the heart with which we move." Harjo's prose poems accompany these images, interpreting each photograph as a story that evokes the spirit of the Earth. Images and words harmonize to evoke the mysteries of what the Navajo call the center of the world.
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Annihilation
by Piotr Szewc
A day in the life of a small Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II.
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All Souls Day
by Cees Nooteboom
A recently widowed Dutch filmmaker wanders the streets of Berlin, until he meets a mysterious Dutch-Berber woman named Elik.