Talking pictures: images and messages rescued from the past, paperback/ransom riggs

With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret , Ransom Riggss 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 Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children .

Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a persons life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow.

Yet the books 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 photographs particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.