A Norway based theatre director and playwright, Henrik Ibsen, had coined this popular proverb, ”A picture is worth a thousand words”. It is difficult to justify what this proverb essentially preaches, but we all have acknowledged a commonly accepted interpretation of it.
A simple interpretation of this proverb is that thousands of knotty and intricate ideas can be reflected with just one (relevant) picture.
When a picture is taken righteously, it does not need any storytelling with lots of hashtags and tags as we frequently witness in the noisy world of social media. Of course, many people are on social media for likes, comments, shares, and other forms of engagement to boost their artwork. But, if we look at the real meaning of art, then it universally claims that art doesn’t need explanation and if it needs explanation, it is not the right form of art.
An artistic photographer captures moments so beautifully that with a single glance of that picture, a majority of viewers can capture the story behind that. Certainly, as per the knowledge of art and creativity of mind, some people may also see more than a picture is reflecting.
The expert photographers often recommend to aspiring photographers and artists that look for the pictures rather than stories. When you intentionally look for scenes that can give you an engagement worthy story in a picture, you will end up explaining ifs and buts of that picture to your audience on social media or in an exhibition.
Contrasting to that, when you just seek to capture moments that touch your soul or beauty that touches you, then the audience will connect and engage with your art more organically. Napoleon Bonaparte had once shared a beautiful thought, which reads, “A good sketch is better than a long speech”. You, as an artist, should never run behind the pictures that forcefully capture stories, but show that naturally conveys what beauty lies out there.
This fact is equally true for pictures that are just striking and there is no story behind that. Commit to your memory that all photographs or paintings don’t need to reflect stories. They can be a simple representation of something. For example, you might just want to show a luscious garden in your image and there is no story behind it.
Some accomplished photographers often recommend looking for the silence in the picture than the story. An art form that holds all your imagination horses and leaves you awestruck is indeed the art people look around in the noisy social media world or the world, in which every third person claims to be an artist.
The veteran photographers, painters, and other artists recommend young and aspiring artists to look for artistic pictures instead of looking for long stories behind the pictures. Every artist has his own goals and objectives, but true art is understandable without any explanations. Keen eyes will look for the beauty in frames and capture it to witness for the world.
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22 Mar 2022
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