2nd Year Book Review

During a session in University, we were asked as a group to review the 2nd year students on their photography books that they produced. This was to get some insight on what we are expected to create and produce in the 2nd year of the course. I found this session incredibly helpful and interesting as I remember a few books that stood out to me and will be in the back of my mind when I have to carry out this project. 
However, I did not take any pictures of the session as it was a very hands on session. Even so, I learnt quite a lot in this session.
We were asked to categorize the books at the university standards such as 3rd, 2:2, 2:1 or 1st. I was surprised at how many books were at the lower end of the scale and working as a group to do so was interesting as it opened up my own opinions of the books, and it gave people the opportunity to share their ideas. A lot of the books I liked were the ones that had their images fill the whole page without the boarder, with a blank white page on the other side to break up the images. I personally like the images to have no boarder as it gives more detail to the image, and I can view the image as it is, not setup in an 'exhibition' form that controls my thoughts so much.
We had to comment and rate on:

• The quality of paper
• How the images were set up on the page. And if the text was complimentary.
• Is the subject matter apparent and articulated?
• Does the book have a professional look to it?
• The quality of the book, and how was it assembled.

I very much enjoyed this process and look forward to doing this in the future.