Poetic motifs. Photographic illustration/Motivos poéticos. Ilustración fotográfica [ENG-ESP]
Hello beautiful community of photographic image lovers.
As an illustrator I understand the weight and value of an image in the visual translation of a text. There is a sort of confabulation between both languages from which new codes can be generated to convey a message to the viewer.
The richness of the visual arts has been widely exploited in this regard, however it is unusual to find, within the production dedicated to children, photographic experiences that illustrate texts with these contents.
Today I dare to use a series of photographs I took of my children while they were interacting with some structures of an old aqueduct that served a century ago to supply the sugar factory of my town with the precious liquid.
These black and white captures are proposed as images to give visual support and provide greater meaning to this poem that is part of a project that I have wanted to materialize some time ago and today, finally, I can say that I started to develop. It is a booklet of texts dedicated to children under the name of The Petuques' diary that will recreate the daily adventures of my children and nephews in their interaction with the surrounding world as they discover life, of course aided by the fantastic element so typical of this type of literature.
I hope you will appreciate the images in their quality and then leave me your impressions regarding this attempt to make them dialogue as a pretext for this first poem of The Petuques' diary
I know this is not a community dedicated to literature but without the poem I could not sufficiently explain the motivations behind the photographs. Allow me, then, to enlighten you.
A Little Romance of Mumma, Fengur and the Steel Dragon
Let us go beyond the suns!
We go on the back of magic!
They climb the steel body
Among the leaping clouds.
Behold, there the silver seekers
the silver seekers,
in the leaden estuaries
bends and bounds they win!
Riders in adventure
on ancient machinery,
they will punish with the fire
of their beast and with sword
the rogue thieves
who seize his wings.
My little vigilantes
on an old dragon ride,
white and black fantasy,
they hunt down their foe.
Mom, did you see us in combat?
Did you see how she punished
with its furious jaws
and his shadow made of flames?
said the brave little man
with tenderness in his words.
While the little girl in a gesture
that hid hope
whispered to me:
There are no dragons,
it's just a water patfh.
Thank you for your patience and for reading, for enjoying the images and the whole body of this post.
Until other pictures
Photography | A Little Romance of Mumma, Fengur and the Steel Dragon |
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Camera Used | Smartphone |
Model | Techno Sparks K16k |
Editing program | Techno Sparks Photo Editor |
Photographer | @maiasun94 |
Location | Mayabeque, Cuba |
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Hola hermosa comunidad de amantes de la imagen fotográfica.
Como ilustradora entiendo el peso y valor de una imagen en la traducción visual de un texto. Existe una suerte de confabulación entre ambos lenguajes a partir de la cual se pueden generar nuevos códigos para transmitir un mensaje al espectador.
La riqueza de las artes visuales ha sido ampliamente explotada al respecto, sin embargo es poco usual encontrar, dentro de la producción dedicada al público infantil, experiencias de tipo fotográfica que ilustren textos con estos contenidos.
Hoy me atrevo a emplear una serie de fotografías que tomé a mis hijos mientras interactuaban con unas estructuras de un antiguo acueducto que sirvió hace una centuria para abastecer a la fábrica de azúcar de mi pueblo del preciado líquido.
Estas capturas en blanco y negro se proponen como imágenes para dar apoyo visual y aportar mayor significado a este poema que forma parte de un proyecto que he querido materializar hace algún tiempo y hoy, por fin, puedo decir que comencé a desarrollar. Se trata de un cuaderno de textos dedicados a los niños bajo el nombre de El Diario de los Petuques y que recreará las aventuras cotidianas de mis hijos y mis sobrinos en su interacción con el mundo circundante mientras descubren la vida, por supuesto auxiliada por el elemento fantástico tan propio de este tipo de literatura.
Espero que aprecien las imágenes en su calidad y luego me dejen sus impresiones respecto a este intento de hacerlas dialogar como pretexto para este primer poema de El diario de los Petuques.
Sé que esta no es una comunidad dedicada a la literatura pero sin el poema no podría explicar con suficiencia las motivaciones tras las fotografías. Permítanme, pues, ilustrarles al respecto.
Romancillo de Mumma, Fengur y el Dragón de Acero
¡Vamos allende los soles!
¡Vamos a lomo de magia!
Trepan al cuerpo de acero
entre las nubes que saltan.
¡Mira que allí se complacen
los buscadores de plata,
en los estuarios de plomo
curvas y límites ganan!
Jinetes en la aventura
sobre antigua maquinaria,
castigarán con el fuego
de su bestia y con espada
a los pícaros ladrones
que le secuestran las alas.
Mis pequeños justicieros
en viejo dragón cabalgan,
blanca y negra fantasia,
a su enemigo dan caza.
¿Mamá nos viste en combate?
¿Viste cómo castigaba
con sus fauces furibundas
y su sombra hecha de llamas?-
dijo el valiente hombrecito
con ternura en la palabra.
Mientras la niña en un gesto
que escondía la esperanza
me susurró: No hay dragones,
es solo un camino de agua.
Gracias por su paciencia y por la lectura, por disfrutar de las imágenes y el cuerpo entero de este post.
Hasta otras fotografías
Photography | Romancillo de Mumma, Fengur y el Dragón de Acero |
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Camera Used | Smartphone |
Model | Techno Sparks K16k |
Editing program | Techno Sparks Photo Editor |
Photographer | @maiasun94 |
Location | Mayabeque, Cuba |
I invite you to visit the project DRIP - WITNESS NODE - BPUD

Wow...Nice black and white photography :)
Thanks a lot. It's a little exercises 🙏🏻
You're welcome
!BBH

Thanks, my friend. Have a wonderful wednesday
Hi @maiasun84, I attach a lot of importance to the image as a companion to the text, and you are quite right when you mention the synergy that can be created between image and text, with back and forth paths, parallel readings along with other more holistic ones.
On this occasion, the feedback is evident, a poem that I liked very much acquires new nuances with these photographs and the same can be said if I change the order of poem - image for the inverse. And these two elements, when they are both taken at the same time, evoke different sensations than when they are taken separately.
Thank you very much.
Exactly, that's why I said that it needs to be understood as a whole, apart from the different readings of text and photography that are made separately. I appreciate that you have stopped to evaluate everything. Thank you very much. Have a nice day
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For some reason these shots seem to be old, from a few decades ago... These have a nice charm.
I also seem very interesting the combination you have shared between photography and literature :)
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I'm very glad that this is how you receive it. It is intentional that search for the past, the evocation of that fantasy that is so necessary in these times for our children. With the black and white I wanted to provoke that kind of sensations. Thank you for this comment that makes me happy.
Black and white was definitely a great choice :)
Thanks a lot , my friend 😊
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The photos are beautiful, at first I thought they were old pictures 😂, till I read through
That was the idea. To provoke that difference from the past, from the old game. I am delighted that the reception was as expected. Thanks for your luminous comment. Regards
¡Y al fin se comienza a materializar El Diario de los Petuques que tanto esperábamos!
¡No podía ser de otra manera que con un vuelo de excelencia sobre lo sublime! Y acompañado de estas exquisitas fotografías, qué decir sino: ¡Bravo!
¡Felicidades por este inicio de proyecto!
En esta aventura que es Hive encontré el empujón definitivo 😁
Gracias por la luz de tus ojos sensibles a mi ❤️
Creo que me va a gustar mucho tu proyecto porque el inicio es hermoso.
Ahora acaba de nacer el primer dragón en el camino de agua y creo que es tu poema, un pequeño dragón que vela ya por los Petuques.
Awwww!!! Qué hermosura de comentario!!! Gracias por esa fe en los dragones. Te abrazo 🤗
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