Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Found photography drives 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' | LA Times

Found photography drives 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times:

The best part of the new novel "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,"[Amazon] (besides that deliciously gothic title) is a series of black-and-white photos sprinkled throughout the book--a young woman carrying a black parasol with a net over her face; two little boys in eerie clown make-up, one of them with a streamer coming out of his mouth; a little girl standing over a pond in a cemetery, her image reflected in double in the water below.  And of course, the amazing cover shot:  a little girl in white stockings hovering about 6 inches off the ground.

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"Riggs started collecting found photography at flea markets and swap meets about three years ago. He kept coming across strange creepy pictures of kids and felt like he wanted to do something with them."

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