
Ambiguity is a minimalist photography series by Johnny Kerr, capturing the light and shadows cast in the clean geometric forms of architectural structures.
‘Ambiguity is a study of Antoine Predock’s Nelson Fine Arts Center. The ambiguous forms and shapes of his featurearless stucco façades intrigued me as a designer. I exploited these minimalist characteristics through nonobjective photographic representations, compressing the three-dimensional architectural elements into two-dimensional graphic planes. My pastel color palette is inspired by the building’s southwest geography, and is a challenging departure from my typical monochromatic approach to abstract architecture.
All of the photographs in this set were made in a single day when I devoted myself to a sustained investigation of this building. I spent hours photographing, waiting and observing how the lines, shapes and forms changed as the sun moved from morning to late afternoon, revealing new and exciting relationships and tensions.’
Published
13.03.2018