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editor / luis monteiro contact / dofzine@gmail.com website / www.dofzine.com printed version / www.dofzine.magcloud.com

cover / just lines III, p i c a backcover / untitled, luis monteiro

/ contents
4 / featured photographer p i c a 12 / showcase minimalism 37 / final thoughts interpretation...

/ featured photographer

pica

Picas photos have embedded in them the rigidness and austerity of a place purged of excesses, they portrait a reality almost intangible, seen only by those who are willingly. In silence ... is how I perceive the work and attitude towards the photographic concept of minimalism. The concept itself stresses the idea of reducing to the minimum the use of color, shapes, lines and textures. In this sense these photos are exquisite examples of minimalism photography.

frozen beach, p i c a

just lines IX, p i c a

frozen beach V, p i c a

invitation, p i c a

jetty, p i c a

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I find that her use of black & white only serves to enhance the visual impact and contrast of the subject and its surroundings. It cleans the picture and flattens it to its bear essence leaving only the necessary elements. The shape and form of the subject then becomes the body and heart of the composition, one so graphical as timeless...

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/ showcase

minimalism

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As I researched for this theme I was stroke by the difficulty of grasping such a concept, one that depicts reality striped from all nonessential elements, leaving most of the time, the task of completion to the viewer. The very concept of the minimalist movement has a somewhat particular interpretation in all different art forms. Apart from all trends, I like to think that minimalism draws its definition from the Less Is More motto in the sense that you can say or show, as much as ... if not even more, with less information, attention to detail and a clean, flawless composition.

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tree, nils jorgensen

3 w, nicola frank vachon

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emergency sign minimalism, manganite

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this is determination, cansrox

imperfect minimalism, ek captures

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Other interpretations of the term push minimalism photography towards a more abstract conception and in fact it is quite easy to let the idea of minimalism tilt in that direction, if not by the graphical result one can achieve by trying to capture the essence of a subject then because we must go beyond the normal scope of understanding of our reality to perceive it. Nonetheless and in my opinion, minimalism photography needs to allow enough objectivity and anonymity so that the subject can still be fully recognizable, free of misinterpretations and any sort of metaphors.

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boat trip, tinylittletyna

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flightless birds, tasteofkerosene

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In minimalist photography, composition is of the utmost importance as most subjects portrait by it are quite often very simple in shape and form. A clean uncluttered environment, full body contrasting colors or even an out of focus background are common ingredients for a minimalist photo. The viewers attention is then completely drawn to the focused element and everything else is space in between.

gear adrift, digit_al

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the trail..................., kenneth rivenes aka sprengstoff72

minimalism, zahlenpilz

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untitled, richie sauls

thankyou, lukeroberts

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rainy day, wouek

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stuck in first gear..., gremxul

I suppose that if I had to resume minimalist photography, it would have to say that its not about what you put into a photograph but instead, what you leave out...

minimalism II, leblondi

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pattaya-arch, a/korsi photography

acapulco, sprengstoff72

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/ contributors
4-11 / p i c a www.flickr.com/photos/mariastromvik/ 12-13 / nils jorgensen www.nilsjorgensen.com/ 14-15 / nicola frank vachon www.nfvstudio.com/ 16 / manganite www.flickr.com/photos/manganite/ 17 / cansrox www.cansrox.deviantart.com/ 18-19 / ek captures www.flickr.com/photos/juanx12/ 20-21 / tinylittletyna www.tinylittletyna.deviantart.com/ 22-23 / tasteofkerosene www.mattkuehlphoto.com/ 24 / digit_al www.flickr.com/photos/-dash/ 25, 34-35 / kenneth rivenes aka sprengstoff72 www.flickr.com/photos/sprengstoff72/ 26 / zahlenpilz www.zahlenpilz.deviantart.com/ 27 / richie sauls www.flickr.com/photos/ricardosauls/ 28-29 / lukeroberts www.lukeroberts.deviantart.com/ 30 / wouek www.wouek.deviantart.com/ 31 / gremxul www.timmygambin.com/ 32 / leblondi www.leblondi.deviantart.com/ 33 / a/korsi photography www.flickr.com/photos/sancta_simplicitas/

all images published in DOF magazine are sole property of the contributing photographers. no image may be copied or reproduced without the express permission of its owner.

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/ final thoughts

interpretation...
by luis monteiro

Well ... thats pretty much it, all in all I guess its just a matter of interpretation. All art movements are simply put, guideline manuals, they serve our need to keep everything tagged and categorized. They help us understand the whys and hows of an artist perspective even if there isnt any. Its quite interesting to see how people understand a concept, their own perception and meaning. How a simple word can have so many perspectives and approaches; and in this case how they are translated into photography. This issue came to be because of a memory of long nights passed, discussing concepts and ideas with a great friend of mine. The nights would go deep into the hour as our arguments became increasingly clear and defined. Most times we ended up acknowledging that we were in fact in agreement, we would just disagree in the terms we used to express our ideas. I miss those long nights of discussion...

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