Hello folks!
As promised last week, today is Cover Reveal Day for Seizing the Bygone Light: A Tribute to Early Photography, our upcoming new book!
Once again, the cover was designed by Cendrine. We wanted something that reflects the complementary diversity featured in the book. Hadiya’s photo is at the top, followed by David’s words from one of his poems, and Cendrine’s image.
We hope you like the cover.
See you next week for the release date!
Happy Monday!
Today, we are starting a new series. The PoArtMo Mini-Reviews are short, quick-read reviews written by members of the PoArtMo Collective. Our goal is to introduce you to art (books, documentaries, movies, etc.) that you might not already know about that both adults and youths alike can enjoy.
Today’s mini-review was written by Azelle Elric.
Genre: Japanese-animated science-fiction romance film.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda.
Year: 2006.
Summary: Summer is almost here and high school will soon be over. 17-year-old Makoto Konno lives a happy, carefree life with her friends Kôsuke and Chiaki.
One day, when coming back from school, she’s violently ejected into a railroad crossing because of the defective brakes of her bicycle. However, she escapes an untimely death by leaping back through time several minutes before her fall. As her aunt explains to her later, the lucky tomboyish heroin is able to leap through time. But how will she use this power?
Inspiration: 5 stars.
Positivity: 4 stars.
Family-friendliness: 4 stars.
Why I like it: I love the well developed characters, their interactions and how they evolve in the story.
Who can read / watch: Everyone aged 9 and above.
Favorite moment: Makoto’s first attempts at using her newly found ability are hilarious!
PoArtMo verdict: A beautiful story about the passing of time and the consequences of frivolous choices.
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Hello everyone!
Cendrine, David and Hadiya here. We have some very exciting news to share with you today.
After Photography of Life and Living: The Black and White Book, our first book published last year, we are almost ready to release our sophomore project.
Titled Seizing the Bygone Light: A Tribute to Early Photography, this new book pays homage to the early days of photography in a way that you have probably never seen before. We cannot wait to show you!
In the meantime, here is the blurb:
The medium of limitless possibilities that is photography has been with us for almost 200 years.
Despite its great advancements, its early days still influence and dazzle a majority of professional photographers and artists. Such is the case of Cendrine Marrouat, Hadiya Ali and David Ellis, three members of the PoArtMo Collective.
The result? Seizing the Bygone Light: A Tribute to Early Photography. This unique collection of artistic styles brings together different innovative concepts of both gripping writing and stunning visual imagery.
In the first part of the book, photographer and painter Ali introduces us to two of her favorite photographers by reimagining and recreating images in the nature of her photographic idols — Irving Penn and Karl Blossfeldt.
In the second part, photographer, poet, and author Marrouat shares a selection of her reminigrams, a digital style that she personally created to honor and pay homage to the early days of photography.
Author and poet Ellis rounds things off with a series of pareiku poems (the poetry form he co-created with Marrouat), offering fresh outlooks for his sincere, heartfelt adoration of photography of the past.
A fascinating and compelling book, Seizing the Bygone Light: A Tribute to Early Photography will leave you with a deep sense of appreciation and a greater understanding of photography.
That’s all for today! See you next Monday for Cover Reveal Day!
Hello everyone!
Today is a very special day. PoArtMo Collective, the artist collective created in 2019 by Cendrine Marrouat and former member Isabel Nolasco, is back in business!
Formerly known as FPoint Collective, PoArtMo Collective is made up of four artists who work in different fields but share the same love for inspirational and positive art. Our goal is to release several themed projects (ebooks and online exhibitions) that uplift the world every year.
Our first project of the year is a mini online exhibition titled “Perfect Imperfections.”
Cendrine, David, Hadiya, and Azelle share what the theme means to them through their favorite modes of expression: photography, poetry, digital art, and drawings.
Perfect Imperfections opens today and will run until April 19, 2020. Click the image below to see the exhibition.
Hadiya, Cendrine, and David are putting the finishing touches to an ebook that pays homage to the early days of photography. We will tell you more about this exciting new project very soon!
In the meantime, feel free to check us out:
We share our work on social networks several times a week. On Twitter, and Facebook, we also highlight our favorite art.
We are looking to add a few more members to our collective. PoArtMo Collective offers its members a platform where they can meet and engage with like-minded creatives; challenge themselves; perfect their styles; participate in uplifting projects; and be paid for their work.
Our two types of memberships come with specific perks. Those include the ability to:
Interested in joining us? Click the image below!
The Inspirational Artist Series spotlights some of the artists featured in our issues and anthologies, and/or who have moved us in specific ways.
Today’s guest is Joshua Grant. Josh makes a living teaching and working with kids in various environments, with the occasional novel always in the works. He is also a huge supporter of independent authors, whom he promotes via his website Diabolic Shrimp and his new YouTube show.
Josh dedicates parts of the proceeds of his book sales to important causes, including ocean exploration, the No Kid Hungry initiative, ALS research, Children’s Hospital, and prevention of youth suicide.
Check out the interview we conducted with him earlier this month during our PoArtMo Show.
Connect with Joshua Grant:
Have a wonderful week!
Cendrine & David
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