‘Still pictures are not still’… Fore-seeing the effect of visual images
‘Still pictures are not still…’ said Mahasweta Devi. She consistently used the words stheer chitro (exact translation – ‘still images’). Still pictures, she went on, inspire us. They move us. They make us do things. However, I thought to myself, many who are working on visual and cultural theory may not agree. Some would be likely to say, things are not as simple as that.