Review of Healing Visions
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Review of Healing Visions
Healing Visions: An Anthology of Micro Prose and Fine Art Photography by Meg Boscov is a photo-story book with great illustrations by the author, who is an award-winning fine art photographer. The photographs are by Meg Boscov, but the writings are by fifty-two international writers. Some of the writings are fiction, and some aren’t. The first story is Meg Boscov’s true story about when she experienced fibromyalgia. A feeling that you are in pain, but there is no visible cause of the pain, yet the pain is there. She went through an MRI and X-rays, but it wasn’t seen, yet the pain was there. This story is accompanied by a skeletal image of her wrist and fingers, where she felt the pain. After this, there are many other beautiful photos and stories.
This was an interesting read for me. The beginning was very insightful; I got to learn something new. I know people who have experienced fibromyalgia, and I can tell it’s very frustrating. Reading about it was insightful. The pictures were beautiful; this book should not have taken long to get through, but it did because I got stuck on the pictures and took each photograph in before moving to the next. Meg is an amazing photographer, and I was inspired by her pictures and her skilful photography. Some of the stories shed a lot of light on the pictures by telling stories about them, making the pictures come to life.
This was my first photo-story read, and while it was an adventure for me, I can’t say it didn’t have its downsides. Some of the stories did not relate to the pictures in any way. While I could read some of the stories and understand the pictures better, some were too abstract. Aside from this, I had a great read. The writings were almost poetic with the writers’ choice of words; they were sweet to my ears when I read them out loud.
I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. While most of the stories aligned with the pictures, some did not, as stated earlier, and this is why I have taken a star off my rating for this book. I couldn’t even understand how some of the stories concerned the picture, and this displeased me. The photos were beautifully arranged with the stories, and it was nice reading stories from different writers all in one book. The book was perfectly edited; I did not find any errors in it.
I would recommend this book to lovers of photography. Whether you are a photographer or you just love photography, you will love this book as it will inspire you with its amazing pictures, and you will have fun going through them. If you love photo-stories, you will also enjoy reading this book.
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