'Write What You See' Photo Writing Prompt Series by Hank Kellner

A veteran of the Korean War, Hank Kellner is a retired educator who has served as an English Department chairperson at the high school level and an adjunct Associate Professor of English at the community college level.

For several years he published Kellner's Moneygram, a newsletter for photographers. He also owned and operated Simmer Pot Press, a small press specializing in cookbooks, for several years.

Kellner is the creator of many photographs and articles that appeared in publications nationwide; the author of extensive reading comprehension materials for a publisher of educational materials, and a former contributing editor to Darkroom Photography magazine. His current publication is Write What You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing (Cottonwood Press, due out January, 2009)

Born in New York City, Kellner now lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit his blog at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com.

Photo Writing Prompt & Teaching Articles by Author Hank Kellner

Using Photography to Inspire Writing X
By Hank Kellner
Stimulating student's minds with questions, group work, and images that create powerful responses in creative writing.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing IX
By Hank Kellner
The Amazing Adventures of Avenger Woman, Photo + Poem = Inspiration, Sharing Photos and Writing.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing VIII
By Hank Kellner
One way to use a photo to inspire writing is to present it to students with only a few accompanying “trigger” words designed to stimulate their imaginations.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing VII
By Hank Kellner
Converting positive images into negative ones on your computer, discovering convergences between visual images and verbal texts, and using dreams and poetry to inspire writing.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing VI
By Hank Kellner
Simple poems, fragmented pictures, and photo essays can easily inspire students to write many different kinds of compositions.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing V
By Hank Kellner
Combining photos with poems, using comics and cartoons, and going beyond mere appearances.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing IV
By Hank Kellner
Exercise the mental process of contrast in visual as well as mental and emotional writing subjects.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing III
By Hank Kellner
Every photograph tells a story. How some master teachers use photographs as writing prompts.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing II
By Hank Kellner
When you use photos to encourage writing in the classroom, never again will students complain that they have nothing to write about.

Using Photography to Inspire Writing I
By Hank Kellner
If “One picture is worth a thousand words,” can one picture also inspire a thousand words?