Keld Helmer-Petersen (20 August 1920 – 6 March 2013) was a Danish  photographer who achieved his international breakthrough in 1948 when he published 122 Farvefotografier/122 Colour Photographs, a collection of experiments with shapes inspired by Albert Renger Patzsch. Keld Helmer-Petersen’s 122 Farvefotografier was published in 1948, it is a photobook of great singularity. The book gained an idea of just how unusual it was to use color for art photographs at that time. However, as well as Helmer-Petersen’s innotive work in colour photogrpahy he also has explored some creative and abstract black and white photography.

Inspired by his work I used Photoshop to re-create photos similar to his black and white ones. I used the threshold tool to create a similar look and then adjusted the slider to add more or less black and whites.

These are the unedited images I used to create my work influenced by Helmer Petersen.