I’ve been kind of obsessed with the atmosphere of color lately.  From my #colorforaging2014 project on Instagram, to the Feminine Wiles series, to some newer ideas I’m exploring, color is in the forefront of my mind.  I’m continually amazed by the way a slight shift in hue can change our perception of a place, a person, an atmosphere.  In his Color Fields series, Brooklyn photographer Mitch Paster distills scenes down to the essentials of color.

 

As if viewed through a thick, opaque fog, Paster’s photographs leave us only with fields of color from which to glean any information about his subject.  We can conjecture as to what we may be seeing, but there is no certainty.  What we can get, however, is a feeling for what is there.. the bright warmth of light, the blue of sky.  I am left, not really guessing, just basking in the color and light, blissfully ignorant as to what is there.

To see more of Mitch Paster‘s work, please visit his website.

All images via the artist’s website.  Artist found via Uprise Art.