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Tales from Dreamland

by Ed Valfre

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Everyday snapshots, expanded into imagined worlds

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Everyday snapshots, expanded into imagined worlds

Ed Valfre pairs photographs of unremarkable urban details with short fictional pieces that speculate on the hidden worlds and emotions they might contain. Coffee, reflections, and discarded objects become starting points for narratives that move beyond the visible frame. Framed as a meeting point of street photography and imaginative storytelling, Tales from Dreamland treats ordinary scenes as prompts for surreal, humorous, and reflective possibilities. The compact hardcover collection invites attention to the small visual incidents that can otherwise pass unnoticed.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of street photography focused on everyday urban observations
  • Readers interested in photo-and-text collections
  • Those who enjoy surreal or imaginative short-form storytelling

Themes

Everyday lifeImaginationUrban observationSurrealismPhotography and storytelling

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Book overview

LA photographer Ed Valfre imagines stories from snapshots of ordinary life, inviting readers to discover the magical in the everyday.

A cup of coffee with a swirl of cream. Clouds reflected on a tabletop. A shopping cart abandoned on the sidewalk. Photographer Ed Valfre captures these little moments of everyday life in his pictures and subsequently imagines the extraordinary universes, striking feelings, and unexpected narratives each moment might contain. By turns surreal, humorous, and profound, Valfre reveals the magic to be discovered in the everyday with this collection of photographs and accompanying short stories.
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