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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.
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Quirky gathering of photos by the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Children.
Ransom Riggs has a hobby of collecting old snapshots. Many of these have notations of what the photo was supposed to be of or humorous sayings written by the subject or the photographer, i.e. “This is when they loved each other.” written on the photo of a couple embracing.
This is a poignant, humorous collection that will have you flipping back to your favorites again and again.