In my renditions of the book covers, I tried to use a similar concept of grayscale visuals with simple yet powerful representations of the messages within each book. This time, however, using photographs. With each book cover, I chose a natural, textural element with a connection to the events in the book. This not only tied the photos to the books contextually but, as I see it, also played into the existential motifs present in each book.

I chose water for The Fall, representing the girl who fell in the water, an experience which prompted the main character, Jean-Baptiste Clamence, to begin the introspective journey which influenced the events of the novel.

The picture I selected for The Plague is a foreboding representation of the slow growth of the plague which overtakes Oran, the setting of the novel. I wanted the blades of grass to represent the people of Oran, their root systems representing the inherent interconnection of people in a society.

Finally, for The Stranger, I took a picture of footprints in sand, a nod to the beach where the fatal act takes place in the novel. The footprints are only covering part of the frame, the untouched area representing isolation amidst crowdedness.