Old Mill Lane

Old Mill Lane

Tuesday 8 January 2019

Minor White

I have been trying to move towards more abstract and expressionist photography as a result of embracing The Equivalent and Minor White has therefore assumed an important place in my thinking.











































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I have to be careful not to mimic his images too much but using colour helps.













































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Many of his quotations can sound pretentious but one knows what he means.

“One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.”

“While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at that moment, and for that person the photograph acts as a symbol or plays the role of a metaphor for something that is beyond the subject photographed.”

“The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.”

 “At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.”












































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And a few from the archive.













































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