Abstract

Nowadays, the forms of literary expression that combine word and photography on the same support are becoming more and more frequent. This overcomes the obsolete conception of the image as a simple illustration of a previous text. Within the Spanish publishing scene, the collaboration between writer Óscar Esquivias and photographer Asís G. Ayerbe, co-authors of a series of miniaturized works, stands out. In order to exemplify the mechanisms underlying this intermediate practice and assess its aesthetic scope, this article analyzes their most outstanding photonarrative artifacts: En el secreto Alcázar (2008), secretos xxs (2008) and Calle Vitoria (2015). In these microdevices, the confluence of two semiotic systems sensorially broadens the reading experience and enriches the possibilities of minifiction.