Inspired by Literature 2009

"A historical account of an event or person can be considered a log of what the writer/viewer perceived of that event or person. His perception of the world that surrounds him at that fleeting moment he captures with his pen. After the writer has finished the sentence, after the painter has finished the painting that history he created has already passed. The brief moment that the writer/painter tried to capture has become history. Each sentence and painting/portrait is therefore a moment in time inscribed with an author. Each time that painting is viewed or the passage is read that history comes back to life and is reproduced in the mind of the viewer/reader. "

-A.M. Perez "Revisualizing History: Imprinting Perception A Close Reading of Steve Tomasula's "The Book of Portraiture."

(the above quote is from one of my MA Lit writings which is available in full here. It is chapter 8)

"Inspired by Literature" is a project that I began in January 2009. The idea behind this project (which is still a work in progress) is to create images that will retell the novel I have read. At the end of each novel there is a feeling that the reader will have and I try to capture my feeling with my camera and my computer. By doing so I have created not only a reading diary but also another "readable" creation. Which the next reader can take, "read" and then create their own work.

As I continue to work on this project I will also explore the inverse... from photograph or piece of art to literature.

I blog about these photos at Amanda's Weekly Zen. Writings related to these photos can be found here.

21 photos | 54 views

items are from between 04 Aug 2008 & 13 May 2009.