Polaroid
That's a nice sunset
in the background
but you look sad.
By Pamela August Russell
Simple I know, but anyone who can capture a truth like that has my attention and deserves my $9 on Amazon! Show me a happy Polaroid and show me a lie.
Enjoy a touch of artistic sadness today!
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I am doing a photo collaboration with Shannon Mucha and Anita Michelsen. Each one of us has a week a month where we suggest a prompt ~ poem, Bible verse, quote or whatever and then we interpret it in photos.
This week it was Shannon's prompt. She suggested a poem by Philip Booth entitled 'How to see Deer'. Here is what we came up with and I love it, if I can be so bold!
We post all the photos to our group Tribloom on Flickr.
Shona, those photos are wonderful! I love when a photo or grouping of words is simple...yet expresses so much.
ReplyDelete(I may have to check out that book!)
You're right, these photographs ache the way your arms do when an embrace has ended and another won't be forthcoming for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteLove your sad pictures. Kids are cute. The chair is a neat shot.
ReplyDeleteGreat collaboration pics with Anita and Shannon.
Shona, i love the idea of your collaboration! if you ever need a fourth wheel (and my addition would be collage-based and thus possibly ill-fitting) please let me know.
ReplyDeleteand i *adore* that poem. thanks for sharing.
xo!
These are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteEeek! Thank goodness for digital cameras! Some good ideas should be laid to rest. :o) Very funny idea for a post. I love it! The poem is so uncannily true! In this case the pictures are certainly worth a thousand words...they say it all!
ReplyDeleteI loved the collaborative photo set you, Shannon, and Anita did. What a great idea to use quotes to inspire you!
I need to look for that book, too. I am writing a poem a day in April and am writing my share of bad poetry... but some of the word combinations ARE salvageable.
ReplyDeleteI used to think it was strange how much I enjoy "sad" photos. One of my mother's favorite childhood photos of me is a snapshot where I am looking away from the camera with this almost-crying-wistful look on my face and my favorite self portrait series is one I call "Soul Grief"... sadness is, at times and when looked with perspective... where some of the best art is birthed.
Thank you for the work you do.
stunning ...
ReplyDeleteeach image like a line of poetry - all just perfect!
Beatuiful - it is a wonder what the eye can see and the mind can do when looking at the work of an artist - thanks -
ReplyDeletethe photos are poetry on their very own ...
ReplyDeleteOh there is something about the second photo that really has an impact!
ReplyDeleteI love all the photos, here and at blu bambu, and what a perfect little poem, very Williams Carlos Williams!
ReplyDeletei just love them....i love that painted leg!!!!...xxx
ReplyDeletein my travels...i have discovered this lovely film...it is about a poet...visually beautiful i wanted to share...blessings Eden
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvmqOUZyJqM&feature=player_embedded#!