Tell an Untold Story: Developing a Narrative - SUCCESS

I decided to create my own personals for the people who dropped the objects along the canal - the people I met along the way based on the objects I found. I would like to have text on each double page explaining each persona i.e. the nostalgic man or the factory worker. I think this simple use of text will work well to guide my narrative without over complicating things.

How could I communicate this visually?

• I could make up characters for each persona - to present next to the object. Although I think that this could be over complicating things and I like the focus on location.
• I could present simply the location along with the object and text. I quite like the subtlety of this and how it just points toward a character. But would I be trying to bring in too many different elements?
• I could have object, setting, text, ghostly fragmented figure. I think that this could be nice and it would make my message more clear to the viewer than simply presenting them with the setting. 

I'm struggling to find the right type face to use. I think that the one on the left is too solid against the decaying objects and the one on the right is too slick. I might try using lettrasettes (the ones I have are really old so not all of every letter prints - giving the letters a decaying look which works with my aesthetic).