These films shot on 16mm & 8mm in the US reveal the lyrical charge hidden behind an image. Their use of light, composition and words beyond the physicality of the document; their metaphorical and political connotation comes from a poetic approach to the frame. These works share an enthusiasm for discovery, and exhibit spaces in which what is not written is worth more than what was said... The title, A Picture Is Always A Book, is inspired by the book of poems by Robert Seydel (Siglio, 2014).