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Minimalist yet colourful photographs of Nowhere in Particular

In his series Nowhere in Particular, Berlin-based photographer Matthias Heiderich captured a range of minimalist architectural shots during a road trip through America, covering British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Wyoming.

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Via direct submission. All images courtesy of Matthias Heiderich

Via direct submission. All images courtesy of Matthias Heiderich

Picking out the colourfully mundane, these beautiful and striking photographs could have been taken anywhere. And that's the whole point of the series. Heiderich manages to find beauty in what the rest of us might consider dull and inconspicuous.

You can discover more over on Behance.

A modernist building with bold red and yellow geometric forms and recessed yellow loading bays set against a clear blue sky and empty white forecourt
Minimalist street lamp stands in front of a white building with turquoise arched doorways, black cross motifs and colourful details against a clear blue sky
Colourful modernist stadium with diagonal striped panels in yellow, pink and blue, palm trees and clear sky with white clouds
A single-storey building with turquoise-tiled walls and a bright red metal roof sits beneath towering, snow-capped mountains in a sparse landscape
Modern motel with turquoise trim and flat roof beneath snow-covered mountains in a sparse desert landscape
Abandoned pizzeria with green doors and windows set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and pine trees
A yellow and white modernist bandshell structure with a black interior sits on a grassy field with residential buildings behind it
Bright turquoise dumpster against a peach-coloured corrugated metal wall with a power line casting a shadow across it
Peach-coloured and grey buildings with white-framed windows stand beside a street lamp under a clear blue sky
White tiled building facade with large-scale portrait photographs of people printed on its side against a clear blue sky
A tall black street lamp with three cube-shaped heads against a pale blue sky
Minimalist photograph of a white-brick building facade with a horizontal rectangular window and a bold red door against a clear blue sky
Modernist building with curved windows and rounded edges against clear blue sky, featuring cream and terracotta-coloured facade with parking spaces below
White-tiled minimalist building with a coral-red storefront awning and entrance, set against a clear blue sky with palm trees
Cream-coloured residential building with stacked balconies beside tall palm trees against a clear blue sky
Modernist cream and beige building with burnt orange external staircase and shipping container accent, set against high-rise apartments under clear blue sky
Minimalist concrete building with black garage doors and entrance under a clear blue sky with white transmission tower
A white single-storey building with "LAS VEGAS SCHOOL OF DEALING" text on its facade, set in a sparse concrete plaza under clear blue sky
Turquoise and white wooden house with matching front doors next to a green vintage car and blue tarp-covered object on a sunny street
White sedan parked in front of a yellow building with a cinema sign reading "That's all folks! Pendleton Cinema 1981-2015
Retro neon sign reading "STRIPPERS" with "NUDE DAILY" on a smaller section below, set against a turquoise sky
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