2024 Anchorage Ole' Photography SIG/Alaska Photo Chat Contest

Minimalist

Minimalist photography is a form of photography that is distinguished by extreme simplicity. It focuses solely on the smallest number of objects, and it’s normally composed in a clean, clinical way with very little differences in the colors and tones of the image.

Minimalism can be applied to pretty much every genre of photography, including portrait, landscape, still life, architecture, and even street shooting. But minimalist photos do have a few key characteristics:

• Negative space. Minimalist photos tend to feature lots of empty, or negative, space. Negative space is composed of expanses of pure color or texture, such as a broad stretch of ocean or a featureless white sky.
• A small main subject. Minimalist compositions keep the subject small in the frame so that they’re dwarfed by negative space.
• Limited clutter. Minimalism emphasizes simplicity, and minimalist photos tend to feature a main subject, lots of empty space, and nothing else. Minimalist photographers carefully refine their compositions until no extra elements – such as poles or telephone lines in the background – exist. The more clutter you can eliminate from your shots, the more minimalist they’ll be.

Minimalist photography is often described as having a meditative quality thanks to the simplicity of the composition. Less is more.

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The images are currently on display at Jitters Coffee House in Eagle River, Alaska and will be there the entire month of December of 2024.

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Second Round Voting (to award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category) will take place once the show is hung in December.

Minimal 07 - Bart Quimby Waiting Bike Rack THIRD PLACE	Minimal10 - Doug Hupp Spring Swans	Minimal14 - Dave Bean
Minimal17 - Doug Hupp Jumping Minnow	Minimal19 - Gary Steinfort Dune Treking	Minimal22 - PJ Bell In Morning Yellow
Minimal24 - Ron Hoggard Light on the Light FIRST PLACE	Minimal25 - Jim Cantor Denali Storm SECOND PLACE	Minimal27- Chuck Iliff Two Cranes in Spring wheat

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The following images have been submitted to be considered for the show but not chosen for display.

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Minimal01	Minimal02	Minimal03	Minimal04
Minimal05	Minimal06	Minimal08	Minimal09
Minimal11	Minimal12	Minimal13	Minimal15
Minimal16	Minimal18	Minimal20	Minimal21
Minimal23	Minimal26

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