Petersen was a Danish photographer, renowned for his work with abstract colour photographs. The prime of his work was during the 1940/50’s. He studied at the institute of design in Chicago and was taught by Harry Callahan. Petersen experimented with all his work and pushed the boundaries of ‘normal photography’. In the early 2000s, Helmer-Petersen was rediscovered when 122 Colour Photographs was presented in volume one of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s three volume survey of the most notable photo-books.
I attempted to recreate Petersen’s iconic style with some of my own images by experimenting with the threshold. I also used the paint bucket tool to fill in gaps in the black areas to make the images more smooth and clear.
