Tony Hammond’s Minimal iPhone Photography

Tony Hammond is a photographer from the U. K. who makes delightfully minimal images. Each photo is taken and creatively edited using only his smartphone.

These pictures have a large, empty background with a gradient in a pastel colour, such as soft pinks, blues, and greens. The subjects are usually in silhouette, and they are mostly black with only a tiny bit of detail visible to give them a sense of dimension. I really love the effect created by these unusual colour choices.

Several of these images are landscapes, with tiny, distant figures of people or animals on the horizon. Other images use their subjects more as a pattern, such as one featuring four palm trees sloping in from the four corners of the photo. One image of eight upside-down street lights gives the appearance of a spider dropping in from above.

The circle of friends, the fort of Scottish kings and the custardy sky.

The tale of Little Miss Muffet and the salmon sky.

The higgledypiggledy landscape, the tiny dog and the aqua sky.

The Scottish pines, the Scottish wee birdie and the Scottish blue sky.

The two lovers, the sloping hillside and the greenumptious sky.

The silhouetted man carrying an unknown object, the bridge and the lilac sky.

The lonely tree, the strip of land and the salmon sky.

The Easter family walk, the cross on the hill and the powder blue sky.

The palm tree pattern and the toasted pink sky.