Pictorial Poetry
Being a photography hobbyist and a frequent traveler, I have come across so many
people, subjects, objects and faces of nature when I capture them in my camera.
Sometimes, I feel talking to my pictures ; they seem responding me too and leave
impressions on my heart .I can hear the whispers of my photographs and its
subjects , objects which tell me the stories of their life .They arrest my attention
and make me feel their presence in my words, lines and poems.
“Sometimes I feel pictures though being silent, speak much more than
the words, lines and poems do “
I can find them swinging, enjoying, sometimes sobbing, weeping and crying in my
poems silently because the characters involved in the pictures represent their
moods and expressions which compel me to behave similarly in my words and poems.
A close description of a picture reveals its own story which I convert into my
compositions. “Silent poems, speaking pictures” perhaps will not be wrong
definition of this novice concept. But I have named it,” Pictorial Poetry” wherein it
is found that the body language of a picture I based on the theme of a poem, are
published in a combination. They seem as if soul (poem) and body (picture) of a
composition describing their tales.
As a painting, so a poem
This benevolent concept of “Pictorial Poetry “leaves a great impact on my heart and
mind when one eye on visual and the other on verse make me feel the soul of my
creation in my soul. I have gone through poetical history of Leonard Barkan, a
great poet, famous for his great compilation ‘Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures,’ in
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18 century. His works are the relationship between the verbal and the visual.
Barkan’s title derives from an ancient saying “Painting is mute poetry, or poetry a
speaking picture.” Later it was framed with a beautiful Latin tag “” which means:
“As a painting, so a poem,” implying, “a poem is or will be or should be like a
painting.”
Along with my wife, Mrs.Sunita Sethi started compiling first coffee table book
with pictorial poetry in 2013. It took two years to complete and was published on
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23 December 2015 which gave birth to new style of writing photographic poetry
in the frame of coffee table book and made a world record of being the first
coffee table book on this beautiful concept in the world as accepted and declared
by Golden Book of World Records, Asia Book of Records and India book of Records.
In recent years, art history and art theory have been obsessively investigating the
intricate relationship between image and ideology, the ways we see and interpret
pictures, narration and theatricality in painting, literary pictorialism in poetry and
the iconology and semiotics of art. This detail study of pictures and painting leads
to new world of writing poetry and articles with picture or based on the characters
in the pictures /photographs.
Poetry on blackboard
I recollect my college times when our English teacher Late Mr. Satish Chander
Khosla had been teaching us poetry by describing poems on the blackboard by
drawing images of the situation and illustrating the beauty of nature and other
things involved in poetry.“Daffodils’ a poem of William Wordsworth and ‘Ode on
Grecian Urn’ by Johan Keats took a week to explain and complete. Even after 40
years, I feel the fragrance of his beautiful drawings and poetry.
At present this new way of expressing one’s feelings and thoughts has already
achieved its heights in social media like Face book, Instagram, What’s App and so
many other applications in fashion. Making new paths for coffee table books and
albums on pictorial poetry. It has opened new gates to publish coffee table in new
form of pictorial poetry which were earlier limited to wild life, geography,
literature and tourism
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18 Century Works Reflect
This fashion of compiling articles, prose and poetry with pictures and photographs
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was familiar during 18 century. It is sad that history repeats itself and after a
gap it has come again to achieve new heights in the field of pictorial poetry.
When I click pictures in my digital camera I just check their results and find most of
them very enchanting .I get so many options, ideas and thoughts in my mind .Some of
pictures/ photographs make me to feel as if I am passing through the beautiful
surrounding captured by me in place of a subject if involved and captured in the
photograph
Poetry, Art, Nature and Impressionism
One way to appreciate this concept is to recognize that though the work of art—a
photograph, for example—looks unmoving, it is figuratively full of movement. It is dynamic
rather than static. Lines, shapes, tone, color—all of these formal elements make the
photograph vital and force spectators into a very active experience. We need to follow
lines, linger over shapes or areas of light and dark; respond to a splatter of surprising
color. Poetry can engage readers in like manner. Imagery—which by definition appeals to
the senses—actively affects our appreciation and comprehension of the poem as a whole.
Often the most fulfilling reading of a poem is one in which we have used—in our
imaginations at least—most or all of our senses. When we have put ourselves inside the
experience of the poem, tried to see what the poet wishes us to see, tried to feel, to
taste, and to hear. Denotation and connotation of color, shape, line, and object all have
their effect; perspective shifts, moods change, revelations ensue. Our experience is
expertly managed by the art itself.
Research in Unites States
Kerri MacDonald and Morrigan McCarthy, photographer and photo editor in The
New York Times U.S conducted a research on the issue ‘‘how poems inspire
pictures’’ and published an article on their experiment to find the effect of poems
on pictures. They invited photographers to do this summer for a series of visual
essays inspired by poetry . They selected poems by six contemporary American
poets — Ada Limón, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Adrian Matejka, Jericho Brown,
Katy Lederer and Jenny Johnson — and presented each one to a different
photographer.They urged them to embark upon a somewhat intimate mission: to let
the words inspire them. Poetry can mean different things to different readers.
And over time, the meaning behind each line — each word, even — can change.
After reading Ms. Calabretta Cancio-Bello’s poem, their staff photographer Damon
Winter thought about fear, love and grief. And then he kept thinking. “Many-Faced
Poem” shifted in meaning many times as he read and reread (and reread) it.
“Let me read it a few more times,” Mr. Winter writes, “and I might feel completely
differently.”
Poetry, to me, is what is right in front of you every day that you fail to see. Great poets
have the ability to eloquently amplify the internal monologue, which is so often muted by
outside distractions. Lyrical photography, in turn, is often hindered by too much thought.
A Japanese poet speaks
I often look for ways that I can incorporate other art forms into photography. In
particular, I tend to work with music and poetry. I am also interested if anyone
else would like share their opinions, ideas, experiences, photos in regards to
combining poetry and photography. I have always enjoyed poetry from In
particular; I have been reading a book on Japanese "Jisei" (Death) Poems. These
are poems that are written at the time of death of the poet. The poems can range
from being meditative, satirical, and passionate, often have natural imagery, and
look at the transient nature of life. The concepts of death are usually implied
metaphorically. When I discuss the concept of mixing jisei and photography, I get
mixed reactions from Westerners. Often people think the idea is too macabre;
others are open to the idea. All of the Japanese people I have spoken with love the
idea of mixing jisei poems and photography
An American Poet speaks
Typically, I read a single poem or a group of poems, then in my mind, generate basic
images of the overall theme of the poem, or capture basic elements in the poem. I
then go out and look for those elements in nature and compose a photograph. For
example I have grouped all of the poems that mention cherry blossoms together.
When the cherry blossom season arrives in Boston, I read the poems, then go out
and create photos of cherry blossoms, then match the images to the poems.
I try not to look too hard, but rather let the creative regions the brain naturally
work with nature on their own. After a while you build up a mental database of
poetic imagery, the process can then become very natural and spontaneous.
Sometimes, I will be walking, exchanging breaths with the landscape, when
suddenly a scene hits me that reminds me of a poem.
Shifting Perspectives
Stimulating student's minds with questions, group work and images that create
powerful responses in creative writing. Capitalize on this ability by showing your
students three or more carefully selected photos and asking them to record, in one
word, the first thought or emotion that comes to mind when they view each photo.
In closing stanza I would like to say that the poet may 'frame' or 'light' a scene, or he
may carry a reader from 'foreground' to 'middle ground' to 'background,' often using the
painter or photographer’s terminology. Since it will not be wrong to state that picture,
photographs, paintings and other visual art has great effect on poetry and on the minds of
the poets. As for me, I try not to think too much about my legacy. If anything, I treat
each day like it were my last. To write as much as I can each day, to write more spirited,
simple and encouraging words, and to share more practical information in my poems which I
hopes empower others. Let us just make the best of today, and shoot, click, share, and
create art like today were our last.
Some prominent poets and writers define
Using Photography to Inspire Writing
If "One picture is worth a thousand words," can one picture also inspire a thousand
words? Of course it can. That's why educators are becoming increasingly aware of
the power photographs have to unlock students' imaginations and help them
express their thoughts.
Less is More
Photographs are wonderful teaching aids. They can be used to elicit responses
from the most reluctant students. When you use photos to encourage writing in the
classroom, never again will students complain that they have nothing to write about.
Every Photograph Tells a Story
Most students have hundreds, if not thousands, of digital images that can trigger writing
assignments. How some master teachers have used photographs to inspire writing?
How to Connect Seeing with Writing
In less than a second you can convert a positive image to a negative one. Discover
convergences between visual images and verbal texts, and using dreams and poetry to
inspire writing Photos Trigger Words
One way to use a photo to inspire writing is to present it to students with only a few
accompanying "trigger" words designed to stimulate their imaginations. Then ask the
students to write opening paragraphs based on the first thoughts that come to mind when
they view the photo/words combination.
Use Photos as Writing Prompts with Students
Most students don't realize how powerful their imaginations are. Highlights: The
Amazing Adventures of Avenger Woman, Photo + Poem = Inspiration, Sharing
Photos and Writing.
I and my wife have brought poetry and photography together on one platform to
start a new journey and have a ride of success with new and young wings to achieve
new heights. With great hopes, I close it with one of my short poems.
Life is short
make it sweet;
Keep not all flowers
for the grave.
· (References have been made in good faith and trust I have in the great
poets and writers of present and past era).
Sethi Krishan Chand
Poet
an artist
of words,
of feeling,
and of thoughts;
Who paints
in one’s heart
Poet
without making Poet
Poet
it cry, an artist
without letting t b
it bleed of words,
of feeling,
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Who paints
in one’s heart
without making
it cry,
without letting
it bleed.
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