South Downs Minimum
"The minimum could be defined as the perfection that an artefact achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by subtraction." (Pawson 1996)
These images pursue an idea of reducing the often complex composition in a photograph to as few elements as possible whilst retaining the descriptive objective and in the process producing an image of beauty and simplicity.
This series distills the essence of the South Downs into simple components which describe to me the essential character of the local area. The part of the South Downs local to Beeding, Bramber and Steyning is characterised by a landscape of smooth rolling forms, an agricultural mix of arable, sheep, cattle and pig farming and use of the land surface to transport electricity. The images describe these attributes by simplifying content to only the essential elements. Those elements are largely a product of the angle of light, colour, form and textures inherent in the landscape and resulting in images that show, and sometimes only imply, how the land is used as well as describing the characteristic shapes that are the South Downs.
These images pursue an idea of reducing the often complex composition in a photograph to as few elements as possible whilst retaining the descriptive objective and in the process producing an image of beauty and simplicity.
This series distills the essence of the South Downs into simple components which describe to me the essential character of the local area. The part of the South Downs local to Beeding, Bramber and Steyning is characterised by a landscape of smooth rolling forms, an agricultural mix of arable, sheep, cattle and pig farming and use of the land surface to transport electricity. The images describe these attributes by simplifying content to only the essential elements. Those elements are largely a product of the angle of light, colour, form and textures inherent in the landscape and resulting in images that show, and sometimes only imply, how the land is used as well as describing the characteristic shapes that are the South Downs.
![Field on Beeding Hill, Adur Valley, West Sussex](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/ADVA0078_thumb.jpg)
Field on Beeding Hill, Adur Valley, West Sussex
![Rapeseed and poppies nr Whitelot Bottom, South Downs, East Sussex 1](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDMO0001_1_thumb.jpg)
Rapeseed and poppies nr Whitelot Bottom, South Downs, East Sussex 1
![Hay Field in early morning light nr Tottington, West Sussex 2](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDPT0015_thumb.jpg)
Hay Field in early morning light nr Tottington, West Sussex 2
![Fields, east from Mill Hill, South Downs, West Sussex 1](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDSH0002_thumb.jpg)
Fields, east from Mill Hill, South Downs, West Sussex 1
![Pylon below Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDST0038_thumb.jpg)
Pylon below Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex
![Pig arcs on Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDST0039_thumb.jpg)
Pig arcs on Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex
![South from Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex 1](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDST0040_thumb.jpg)
South from Annington Hill, South Downs, West Sussex 1
![Sledging above Anchor Bottom, South Downs, nr Upper Beeding, West Sussex](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDUB0026_thumb.jpg)
Sledging above Anchor Bottom, South Downs, nr Upper Beeding, West Sussex
![Sheep field above Golding Barn, South Downs, West Sussex](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDUB0029_thumb.jpg)
Sheep field above Golding Barn, South Downs, West Sussex
![South Downs below Beeding Hill, West Sussex in winter](https://amazon.clikpic.com/franciswbull/images/SDUB0030_thumb.jpg)