One Picture Stories

A challenge for your photography: One Picture Stories. Combine short text with a single image that, together, convey a story greater than the sum of its parts. The text should not be about the image (as it is for In Focus articles), nor should the image directly illustrate the text. Instead, the image should amplify the thought or feeling the text describes. Complex and difficult, yes, hence the challenge.

To submit a jpeg image and text send it to . Please use our standard image file naming format (lastname_firstname_image-title.jpg).

 

  • March 26, 2024
    Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.                 -- ...
  • March 20, 2024
    Is there a gift so true as to be real,When there is much to see but not to feel?Trust, a dulled sword cutting little and lessIdols become gods while ...
  • November 15, 2023
    The day is not done until we play Run fierce, no concern or dismay   The now is ours, with chalk and blank slate Write boldly, quickly, no time ...
  • August 25, 2023
    Tumble and drift through the languid flow Cast shadows and shade dim the sun’s glow Airy ships on a sea of light go From whither to where we want ...
  • June 8, 2023
    Burning a joss stick, memories flow. Was it just yesterday? I think no. Years passed and past time of youthful glow. Try and grasp life’s threads ...
  • March 9, 2023
    As she sat by the fire and wept,  the prairie wind pushed relentlessly  against the pane. Her treasured items lay strewn along  the arduous trail ...
  • February 6, 2023
    Mysteries are arduous mountains to climb.  Tracks may shift, lead astray, disappear.  Firm ground give way to soft sands. Blue skies change to ...
  • November 16, 2022
    With closed eyes and the wind rustling a line of trees behind her, faintly she heard -- or, imagined it was so -- the whispering of long-dead monks ...
  • September 4, 2022
    Alone in this world With memories to comfort  My life continues   Image & Words by Cindy ...
  • September 3, 2022
    Often it seems, he had nowhere to go but to a place of his own choosing. It is freedom, of a sort, he tells himself. With no obligations, he can do ...