pure-&-simple #2 "white"

P U R E & S I M P L E M A G A Z I N E

COVER: C AROLINE HUWART

Pure : Wi thout any ext r aneous and

unnecessar y e lements . per fec t ly in tune

and w i th a c lear tone

S imp le : p l a in , bas i c , or uncompl i ca ted

in form, na ture , or des i gn ; w i thout

much decor a t ion or or namenta t ion ,

s t r a i gh t forward , not d i f f i cu l t , l i gh t , na tur a l ,

bas i c , c l a s s i c .

Whi te i s an achromat i c co lor, l i te r a l l y a ”co lor w i thout hue” , tha t i s a m ix ture o f the f requenc ies o f a l l the co lor s o f the v i s ib le spect r um. I t i s one o f the most common co lor s in na ture , the co lor o f sun l i gh t , snow, mi l k , cha l k , l imes tone and other common miner a l s . I n many cu l tu res wh i te represents or s i gn i f i e s pur i t y, i nnocence , and l i gh t , and i s the symbo l i c oppos i te o f b l ack , or dar kness . Whi te i s the co lor o f ten as soc ia ted w i th per fec t ion , the good , hones ty, c lean l iness , the beg inn ing , the new, neut r a l i t y and exac t i tude .

In anc ient Egypt and anc ient Rome , pr ies tesses wore wh i te as a symbo l o f pur i t y, and Romans wore a wh i te toga as a symbo l o f c i t i zensh ip . In the Midd le Ages and Rena i s sance a wh i te un icor n symbo l i zed chas t i t y, and a wh i te l amb sacr i f i ce and pur i t y ; the w idows o f k ings dressed in wh i te r a ther than b lack as the co lor o f mourn ing . I t somet imes symbo l i zes roya l t y. Greek and Roman temples were f aced w i th wh i te marble , and in the 18th centur y w i th the advent o f neoc la s s i ca l a rch i tec ture , wh i te became the most common co lor o f new churches , cap i to l s and other gover nment bu i ld ings . I t ’s a l so w ide ly used in modern a rch i tec ture as a symbo l o f modern i t y, s imp l i c i t y and s t rength .

The par t i c ipant s on th i s i s sue , were promted to c rea te p i c tures tha t show the i r own in ter preta t ion o f WHITE as a concept .

V I O L A U R S U

Z I G G Y F U N K E

N A T A L Y A K A R A V A Y

S H O H R E H S H A K E R I

C A R O L I N E H U W A R T

A L E X A N D E R F R E D É S

S O L O M I C H E L E

D I D I E R M I G N O N

F A T I M A C A R V A L H O

F R A N C O S O N D R I O

U W E K R E Y E

Z U Z K A P R A H A

Z L A T K A B A S C A N D Z I E V A

V I O L A U R S U

V I O L AU R S U

V I O L A U R S U

Z I G G I F U N K E

N ATA LYA K A R A V AY

S H O H R E H S H A K E R I

C A R O L I N E H U W A R T

A L E X A N D E R F R E D É S

S O L O M I C H E L E

D I D I E R M I G N O N

F AT I M A C A R V A L H O

F R A N C O S O N D R I O

U W E K R E Y E

Z U Z K A P R A H A

Z L AT K AB A S C A N D Z I E V A

What w i l l make th i s g roup d i f fe rent to the other s im i l a r g roups tha t f lour i sh on FB , i t i s or i g ina l i t y and lus t for c rea t ion .

A group o f photogr apher s /a r t i s t s tha t want to exp lore the poss ib i l i t i e s o f an image , to use an image to express a thought , to exper iment , j u s t for the sake o f f i nd ing new ideas and express ions .

Th i s g roup can become a way for the ’ au thor s ’ to get in sp i red , to see how a c rea ted image i s i n ter preted by other s and a veh ic le to r i ch h i gher leve l son i t s own wor k .

C R E A T I O NG o i n g t h r o u g h a n e x p e r i e n c e o f f o r g e t t i n g t h e p a s t

a n d w h a t i s t h e r e i n t h e p r e s e n tt r y i n g t o g e t a s i d e t h e r e a l i t y t o j u s t l e t t h e f a n t a s y

f l o w s

T o e m p t y y o u r m i n d o f e v e r y t h o u g h tt o b e a b l e t o s e e t h e p u r e a n d s i m p l e

a n d w h a t i s b e a u t i f u l i n t h e c o r e o f s i m p l i c i t y

T o s t a r t p u r s u i n g w h a t w e u n d e r s t a n d a s i m p o s s i b l ew h e n t h e e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s w o n ’ t w o r k o r h e l p

s t a r t i n g w i t h o u t k n o w i n g i f a n i d e a w i l l w o r k( o r ) t r y i n g s o m e t h i n g e l s e a n d s e e w h a t h a p p e n s

T o e x p e r i m e n t w i t h o u t t h e f e a r o f f a i l i n gb e i n g h a p p y w i t h t h e p r o c e s s ( a n d )

s e e i n g t h e r e s u l t s a s a n e w s t a r t i n g p o i n ta n e w p a t h t o f o l l o w a n d d i s c o v e r .

A l e x a n d e r F r e d é s

P U R E A N D S I M P L E M AG A Z I N E I S P R O P E R T Y O F A L E X A N D E R F R E D É S . M A D E F O R

T H E H O M OY I M G R O U P B A S E D O N FAC E B O O K . © A L E X A N D E R F R E D É S . A L L T H E

P H OTO G R A P H I E S P U B L I S H E D H E R E , A R E P R O P E R T Y O F T H E A U T H O R S

pure-&-simple #2 "white"

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