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Minimalist architectural photographs with a splash of colour

Peter C. Brandt is a commercial photographer with a career spanning more than 45 years, but he's now concentrating his efforts on photographic fine art. Born in Germany and currently based in New York City, this particular series came about after he wondered 'what if?' and dared to digitally paint some parts of his architectural photographs. Thus launched a body of work that he continues today.

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Modern building facade with a grid of windows, some digitally painted in vibrant pink and others in deep blue, creating a striking contrast against the metallic frame

What was the theme behind this idea? He explains: "By a distortion of the reality, our eyes need to stop to have a thorough look. Will we notice what is there without any unusual colour painted on it? Does this not force us to examine what architecture there is? Did we ever notice the texture of the buildings, the shape of the of the graphics, the curves of curvilinear architecture? An unusual detail draws our attention and makes everything look different."

Discover more of his beautiful work at www.peterbrandt.com.

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Three curved white bands with yellow-green digital paintwork against a clear blue sky, part of Peter C. Brandt's minimalist architectural series
Repeating pattern of blue, red and white geometric shapes on a digitally altered facade of stacked rectangular tiles and panels
Geometric architectural pattern with timber framing dividing green and cream rectangles, interrupted by four bright red panels
Three blue digital screens mounted vertically against a beige building facade with purple and yellow rectangular windows arranged in a grid pattern beneath a blue sky
Modern glass building facade with a geometric grid of windows, some digitally painted in bright pink against deep blue reflections and shadows
Diagonal lines of white and teal building facade with digitally painted gold and teal accents creating geometric patterns across the modern architecture
Bright orange and yellow-green triangular shapes digitally painted onto the lower portion of a translucent gridded glass building facade
Angular concrete architectural frame with a black window opening against a bright yellow background and burgundy stripe below
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