17-5½, Hastings Building, 2007

The New 100 Prints Project by Brooks Jensen New image added on 8 Apr 2009 For a quick view via RSS, here are the essentials, but the project is best seen at the website. At heart, I've always been a minimalist, although I don't believe that photography — with its power to render the subvisible detail — can truly be a minimalist's medium. Be that as it may, I'm habitually attracted to images that simplify our complex world — but not dumb it down. I guess I prefer a certain complexity in my simplicity! I prefer clarity rather than clutter, a distilled essence to an over-indulgent inclusion, quiet photographs as compared to raucous ones. Considering the crack, the smaller crack, the wall plug, the pencil mark, the stain, the wallpaper pattern, the dual plaster tape lines, and the molding, this can't really be called a minimalist photograph. Clearly, it is not a busy one either. Minimalist>/i> will have to do.Audio Commentary 17-5½, Hastings Building, 2007