Figure 1 – Minimalism #1, Kennebunkport, ME. (c) DE Wolf 2014.
One of the projects that I worked on in Kennebunkport, I refer to as the “Minimalism Series.” It was inspired by the video documentary “Herb and Dorothy [Vogel].” The Vogels were prodigious collectors of minimalist art, which might be a piece of string arranged on a board or a few dots on a piece of paper. Interestingly some of these can affect you profoundly. Two years ago, on a previous visit to Kennebunkport, I was struck by the simple yet intriguing patterns made by strands of seaweed on the sand.
My visit then was marred by the realization that the second party lens that I was using just wasn’t up to the task of sharpness. It was an important issue learned. So I returned this year with my 18-55 mm IS Canon lens, and the results were significantly better. There is lot of work to be done to work-up the thirty or so images from this year’s photo-shoot. But for now I thought that I would post Figure 1, which is a prime example. It reminds me very much of a petroglyph, perhaps a deer or bison hunted and killed with a spear to the head. At least that is how the image speaks to me. EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens at 51 mm, ISO 400, uto focus, Aperture Priority-AE mode, 1/500th sec at f/9.0, +1 compensation.