The writing of a book is usually inspired by events, experiences or vicissitudes of which one is a first-person witness. Or by the knowledge provided by a third party such as a friend or access to a story read in the media.
Sometimes one resorts to a historical ephemeris that, combined with a personal experience, generates the argument of a more or less plausible narration. This was the case of the cartoonist Meags Fitzgerald, who, due to her passion for taking passport-size photos of herself in photo booths, had the opportunity to get to know the origin of the story.
READ IT IN SPANISH: Meags Fitzgerald - Photoboth: a biography, historias gráficas inspiradas por el fotomaton
She had the opportunity to learn about the origin of this element that has been part of the furniture of any self-respecting city for a good part of the 20th century. Being at present a vintage object that after being acquired almost as an antique can be found in private homes, or as an incentive in a bar.
Becoming the thread of a story presented in graphic novel format, where through the illustrations of cartoons. She tells us about her relationship with the photomaton almost becoming an obsession, which led her to make a diaspora around the world on a journey to find her identity.
And whose adventures have been published in a volume entitled Photoboth: a biography, where parallel to this search. The story of this photographic device is told in a global key and from a domestic and personal point of view, a story dotted with numerous episodes of autobiographical character.
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