Minimalist

I've been experimenting with a kind of "Ironic Mininalism" project I assigned myself. Here's the outline, what I was aiming for and met, to a greater or lesser extent: - Say as much as possible with as little as possible - Lots of negative space, texture or repetition, simplified subject, bare essentials - Colors, vibrant or subdued, complementary - Appears real, looks "in-camera" - there's often an impossible element... - Off-kilter element creates a question or immediate reaction in the viewer's mind - The image must ask / say / demand something: "Deal with THIS!", "What does it MEAN?", or maybe just "Oh!"

"Twilighting"

"Afterglow"

2018

"Moonrise, Imperial Sand Dunes"

2019

"Receding Light"

2017

"Man On The Street"

2021

"Oblivious"

A non-existent building. This one is composed from an image of a balcony at the B'nai B'rith building in Santa Barbara, and the odd balcony from the backside of the Arlington Theatre downtown.

2021

"Partly Cloudy"

Image composed from 2 photos: the cloud, which I captured one day on an iPhone, and a fragment from another photo I took, the backside of the Frietas Building in Santa Barbara. I reworked the fragment into a new, full-blown building that doesn't actually exist.

2021

"Ambiguous"

Image made from 3 locations in Santa Barbara, CA

2021

"Placid Day, Salton Sea"

2018

"Monochrome Afternoon"

2022

"Cosmic Laugh Therapist"

2022

"Getting Some Air"

2022

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