Human photography essay

The Visual Poet

What are you? A visual poet. You’re creating visual poems with your images and photos!

Why visual poetry?

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In the arts, I see poetry as the apex. The apex of arts creation is to make great poetry.

What is a “poet”? ‘Poietes’ in Ancient Greek — the maker, the creator. And the ancient poems of past like the Iliad and Odyssey? Stories.

Why tell stories through your photos?

To tell stories is one of the most ancient forms of communication, and the first of arts in us humans.

ERIC KIM

Photographer, blogger, street photography educator, artist-publisher. Human-generated essays from the pavement, the camera, the body, and the real world.