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Daily Photo Project: Still Life 1
I admire the people who have the fortitude to commit to a “daily 365 photography challenge.” I am not one of them. I might be able to complete the Michael Beirut “100 Day Project” if I chose a very clearly defined project, e.g., take a photograph of my left hand every day for 100 days […]
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Quiet Simplicity
Or minimalism by another name, a name that for me better captures the value of an uncluttered photograph. Minimalist is descriptive and too often a goal in itself. But what if we try to describe the effects of such photographs, thinking more about the viewing experience and less about the composition? What is it about […]
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Minimalism or Not
I know I am supposed to like and to produce minimalist photographs. Dominant, singular subjects against a diffuse and often homogenous background are striking. Particularly if black and white. There is no denying that the photographs of Michael Kenna, e.g., or Hiroshi Sugimoto’s still life and abstract work, some of Fan Ho’s street photography, again […]
