Minimalism Part II: Colour

You can find part I - Monochrome, here.

From Part I:
Merriam-Webster defines minimalism as "a style or technique that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity".

As a photographer, it is one of a number of challenging and often rewarding genres to shoot. I will often identify a potential minimalist image by probably the two most common aspects of minimalism - negative space and/or leading lines.

Architecture is the obvious choice for a minimalist shot, with its strong lines and shadows. But I also like to try and capture sparsity in landscapes, with this being more challenging to bring to fruition.

Below are some of the images that I have captured with a minimalist bent, this time in colour.

First up is the spectacular Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, India, one of the most incredible set of structures I've ever seen. They form an astronomical observatory that was built in the early seventeen hundreds by a Rajput King. These stairs led up to the top of this particular "instrument". The colour and shapes and shadows really drew me as a photographer towards it.

An alcove in a palace wall, India.

Birds on a wire.

And now some landscape minimalism. An alpine lake in Tasmania, Australia.

A sugar cane plantation with a layered sunset.

And finally the colour version (which I prefer) of the monochrome image in Part I, which is detail on the side of Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory, Australia.

I hope you enjoyed these, and you can find more of my work at Instagram and Facebook. Cheers.