Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: P is for Photograph

I’d like you to write something – story, poem, or just a little piece of writing – sparked off by a photograph.

Is it in colour, or black and white? Formal, like a portrait photo, or more of a snap?

Where’s this photo come from? Is it known to you or not? Have you found it? If so, where?

What is it a photograph of? Person, people, place or thing? Who took it? Why? Does it conjure up any memories?

Perhaps you know who’s in the photo, but they shouldn’t be there? Perhaps you don’t know who’s in the photo, or maybe you know one person. What’s odd or intriguing about it? Is there anything written on the back? It was obviously important to someone, but who and why? What do you do about it?

What’s the story? Where do your investigations lead? What are the repercussions of it?

Who, what, where, when, how and why?

Stories, poems and any creative writing sparked off by the word ‘photograph’, please, to louise.hulland@bbc.co.uk and we’ll hear them on our next meeting on 7th October.