They Express More Than Words Can

Words ruin Ones Thoughts,

Paper makes Them Rediculous.

When Words become Unclear,

I shall Focus with Photographs.

When Images become Inadequate,

I shall be Content with Silence.

Photography takes an instant out of time, 

Altering Life by Holding It Still.

What You have Caught on Film

I Captured Forever. 

It Remembers little things,

Long After You have Forgotten

Everything.

The Best thing about a Picture,

Is that It Never Changes...

Even when the People in Them Do.

When You Photograph Them in Colour,

You Photograph Their Souls.

But when You Photograph Them in B&W,

You Photograph Their Souls.

      Artists like Ansel Adams, Ted Grant, even Andy Warhol felt that photography held a much deeper meaning than something that is just a hobby for many people.  In the introduction of this Found Poem I thought that it would be important to discuss what a calamity writing can turn into.  Sometimes without any intention words change the meanings and feelings behind our initial thoughts, morphing the reality of our ideals.  Few people are blessed with the ability to write in such a way that isn’t forced, but rather magical and are able to express themselves as well as their visions perfectly.  Their visual rhetoric transcends from the pages of their works, into the minds of their readers.  Writers who are able to capture such a talent have the power to evoke inspiration, even realizations within others.  “When words become unclear I shall focus with photographs”.  Depending on the topic I believe that I have the potential to be one of those few writers, however the majority of the time I find that these expressions are better captured at the click of my shutter.  I think that the photographer often has a vision of the type of meaning that they want to translate to their viewers; sometimes the photograph has it’s own ideas in mind.  Every developed piece of film holds a different meaning to whom ever may be observing.  That is the beauty of photographs.  They capture the reality of those few moments in time that may have otherwise been forgotten, or a person that may no longer hold a special place in your life.  Photographs hold a thousand different emotions, meanings, and unsaid phrases that a simple caption may not do it justice.  I feel that photographs are not only beautiful in their art, but that they are vital in striking certain chords within the most private parts of our personalities, our dreams, our memories.  Images bring about a whole new meaning to the term Visual Rhetoric.  For they contain infinite amounts of grandiloquence without necessarily containing visual texts. These are many of the reasons why I aspire to becoming a Photo-Journalist.  To be able to travel and capture the many simplicities like a simple smile or the ruins of a war torn city, would be a dream.  My works would be involved in capturing parts of history that the world may not have otherwise given a second glance at.  This is why photography is so important.  We capture the world in it's innocence, so that we can look back and remember.