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Minimalism 1 by Joe Lencioni

Minimalism 1 ƒ/1.4, 1/1250 s, 100 ISO

I can’t quite put my finger on it. I don’t know what it is, but something has always attracted me to minimalism. Not just in photography either–art, design, living, etc.

One of the reasons I enjoy poetry is because I feel that it is the distillation of language into its most concentrated and perhaps most powerful form. I like the force that sparseness can have. It brings focus. Maybe it’s the complexity and clutter of the modern world that attracts me to minimalism. Something inside of me saying, “Hey there. I need a little room to breathe.”

In any case, this is part of an ongoing project called “A Study in Minimalism.” I hope you enjoy it.


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  1. I think what also draws many people to minimalism, in addition to what you mentioned, is that though many of the works can seem quiet due to their simplicity and complexity, they can become quite loud and affective in our daily life. The outside world seems to be a cluttered and cacophonous complexity but images in minimalism seem to be constructed symphonics that soothe rather than disrupt.

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  2. @Chris: it sounds like you are talking about images in minimalism as a sort of medicine that counterbalances some of the effects of modern life. I like it.

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  3. Minimalism is a great cure for everything. It is totally different from miserliness where selfishness reigns. Here sacrifice and dignity reigns.
    The art of minimalism consists in scaling down to the bare minimum. I am quite amazed how so many words are simply meaningless additives when we write, speak, and draw. Minimalize, minmal

    mnmlism is for mnmlists who note words less
    who paint all colors one day in timelessness
    who learn to erase a trick simpler than complex
    where poetry is more a test of less is more

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