…more importantly, simplicity makes things more memorable and useful. It takes a lot of work to make complex subjects simple, and it well worth the effort. – David du Chemin
Last week the Baltimore Camera Club had a “themed” print competition: “minimal photography,” which was not further defined. I checked on the web for a definition and found it was pretty diffuse and vaguely defined, both in words and by example. One mentioned component was the use of minimal equipment. As I don’t believe the equipment used is really relevant to the content of a photo, I sort of ignored that one. I defined it for my purposes to mean an image that is elegant in its simplicity, having minimal detail that yet conveys meaning, and/or a straightforward composition of masses or colors – a visual haiku. Still pretty mushy, but I had a few images that I thought qualified. We were able to submit three color and three monochrome images. These are my six, one of which took first in novice color and another took third in monochrome. Feel free to guess which ones placed, and please, please, submit comments on the images.
