The creation of the documentary photobook to communicate the stories of the inhabitant in Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

The research on the creation of the documentary photobook to communicate the stories of the inhabitant in Chiang Rai Province has objectives to 1) study documentary photography and the context of inhabitant in important tourist areas in Chiang Rai Province 2) design a photobook that shows the living and the story of inhabitant in Chiang Rai Province, according to the principles of composition 3) assess student satisfaction in the design of the photobook and easy-to-understand techniques for photos composition. The population used in this research is students in the graphic design program of Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, which consisted of 100 people selected by accidental sampling. The received data were analyzed using descriptive statistics by the research instruments, which were the perception evaluation form of the documentary photobook for 3 photography experts and the evaluation form of student satisfaction in the documentary photobook,  then the data were analyzed for percentage, mean (x), standard deviation (S.D.) and student satisfaction level by using descriptive statistics.

The statistical analysis result of the research on the creation of the documentary photobook to communicate the stories of the inhabitant in Chiang Rai Province has revealed that the graphic design students in Chiang Rai Rajabhat University have satisfied by the design of the documentary photobook, in which the composition aspect is easy to understand with the average at the highest level (= 4.65), S.D. = 0.57, and the least satisfied item was the size of the photobook, which is a4 with a high level of average (= 3.80) S.D. = 0.45.