Dof Magazine

photography publication
issue #4

issue #4
online photography publication
editor
/ luis monteiro
contact
/ dofzine@gmail.com
website
/ www.dofzine.com
printed version
/ www.dofzine.magcloud.com
cover
/ G9 at G20, daruma*
backcover
/ untitled, luis monteiro
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/ contents
4 / featured photographer daruma*
12 / featured photographer marzena gregier
22 / showcase color abstracness
37 / final thoughts ministract...

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/ featured photographer
daruma*
Abstract photography has in it‘s core, the intention of fulfilling our
imaginary by the simple use of form, color and lines. Daruma‘s
photos are prime examples of a reality within.
Unlike any other artistic interpretation, abstraction in photography
draws it‘s uniqueness from an acute insight of our surroundings. As
if an extra layer of unorthodox perception is somehow required to
spot true abstraction in a world which is overly detailed.
swiss vent, daruma*

dissymmetry, daruma*
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fern, daruma*

ainy season, daruma*
‘‘ Ministract \‘mi-ne-‘strakt\ - of or pertaining to that which might be minimal, might
be abstract or might even be both. ‘‘
daruma*
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9 electronic rainbow, daruma*

kanso, daruma*
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The ministract concept opens a big creativity door and frees our
imagination into realms of hidden patterns, colors, even secrets
dreams...

featured photographer
marzena gregier
In the transition from minimalism to color abstractness one can find
a world of interpretation.
A new reality is presented through the many possibilities of
looking at a subject. In most cases, they are self-referenced and
relate only to what is depicted in the frame.
Marzena achieves this by exploring the colorfulness of her subjects
and by the different techniques applied that characterizes her
photography.
They are autonomous and promote an insight on the ordinary.
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botão de alarme, marzena

15 x-file lock, marzena

17 piu wr piu wa, marzena

19 spr in g in wr, marzena

Some of her photos are minimal in their true meaning, others fall more to
the abstract side. Nonetheless she strikes me as a seeker of the colorful, an
experimenter of visual compositions that doesn‘t conform with the existing frames.
21 cd br o r b, marzena

showcase
color abstracness
23 the road to oz, tailer ransom

tangled, tailer ransom
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25 coat, octavus

27 the red is peeking, tailer ransom

el botonito amarisho, felicitas
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29 abstract exit, lukeroberts

stay_down, ikhon
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31 edge, tailer ransom

ed decline, marc_l´esperance
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33 tubular trail, digitalfrrreak

35 atypical sunset, tailer ransom

issue #4
online photography publication
/ contributors
4-11 / daruma*
www.flickr.com/photos/daruma/
12-21 / marzena gregier
www. marzenagregier.blogspot.com/
22-24, 26-27, 31, 34-35 / tailer ransom
www.flickr.com/photos/tailorransom/
25 / octavus
www.octavus.deviantart.com/
28 / felicitas
www.flickr.com/photos/felumolina/
29 / lukeroberts
www.lukeroberts.deviantart.com/
30 / ikhon
www.ikhon.deviantart.com/
32 / marc_l‘esperance
www.flickr.com/photos/cml/
33 / digitalfrrreak
www.digitalfrrreak.deviantart.com/
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 it‘s owner.
thanks to all the contributing photographers.
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final thoughts
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ministract...
After last issue of DOF I ended up feeling I hadn´t quite explain minimalism in all
it´s scope and I´m pretty sure I´m still not doing it with this one. Nonetheless I will
be quite satisfied by at least present the two most prominent interpretations.
In a world of new trends, the concept of ministract fits like a glove and even
though you might not agree with it, it sure sums up what is quickly becoming a
photographic technique and an artistic expression.
My own interpretation of ministract, is one I´m already putting into practise with
some experimental subjects (to be shown in future issues) and that combines what
I understand as true from both concepts. On one hand, through minimalism, you
have what can be identified, what can in a closer look communicate itself and be
just that, pure and minimal, even if just at a technical level. On the other hand, the
introduction of abstraction in our perception of this same subject, brings into light
what is not immediately there, what the viewer as to make of it.
This kind of topics always brings me down to more theoretical thoughts that I´m
sure not everybody will be agreeing with... thankfully DOF is about the photos that
are featured here not about what I ramble over them...
by luis monteiro

photography publication
issue #4