I stumbled across the works of Michael Kenna, a professional photographer whose works center around nature. As can be seen from his online gallery - lake, forest and trees are some of his favorite objects. He, amongst the photographers that I paid attention to, has a singular minimalist style (if I may label so for his style of photography).

His color of choice is modest, mostly using black and white. And it can be seen consistently across all of his work. Simple yet sophisticated. They evoke a calm and peaceful response and leave very much the rest to our own, the viewer's imagination. When being asked in an interview by The Light magazine on why he loves doing black and white photography, his replied:

I believe black and white is immediately more mysterious because we see in color all the time. It is also more subjective. I think it is quieter and more calm than color.

Personally, I think minimalism in general deal with something that is functional yet with less clutter. But there can be times when we can't resist introducing something extra into them. It then become a distraction. Michael's work provides us a perspective to keep our work simple and quiet.