Today you will be writing about this photograph by artist Bryan Schutmaat. This image is from his series called Grays The Mountain Sends, a series of portraits, still life, and landscapes Schutmaat made of mining towns in the contemporary American West and the people who inhabit them.
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The image we have to write bout is by the name of Brian Schutmaat. He was a guy who made a collection of photos just like this one. He was in the mining business and he got this guy from it (I think). The picture in general looks very good. The lines look like there coming up to the guys face and it leads to that.
Maria Tirado
11/3/2017 11:41:07 am
This image is of an old white colored man with light blue eyes. He is wearing a black colored shirt with white detailing. One thing I noticed about the colors he is including in this image is that they are complimentary colors. His light blue eyes contrast with his orangey looking hair and also with the brown sofa in the background. This man was not entirely happy in this photograph, but he is still the main object.
Marissa Elizondo
11/3/2017 11:48:32 am
This image is a portrait of a white man with blue eyes sitting on a couch. This man is also wearing a black shirt. In the image there is nothing happening in the background; it seems to be just a plain light greyish wall. The lighting is very bright and clear. The light looks like natural lighting. The colors in this image are pretty neutral except for the pop of blue in the man’s eye. The emotion expressed by the man’s face seems to be tired and unhappy.
Larissa Esparza
11/3/2017 11:56:52 am
Bryan Schutmaat is a photographer that traveled around the American west to take pictures of mines and miners. The images of the miners and even the landscapes sometimes look tired and worn out. The miners look tired and worn out not only because of the hard work they have been doing but also because of the cold and dry but also hot weather they have to endure on their long days at work. The images capture a feeling of dissatisfaction, they feel dissatisfaction because they have been working so hard and they probably haven’t reached their goal in life. This image captures a bright day with its lighting shining on the subject.
Jessica Mims
11/3/2017 11:59:22 am
This is a relational portrait by Bryan Schutmaat. The image is of a stranger from the chest up. He is staring into the camera with a neutral expression. He is wearing a black shirt. The man looks very old, but he might appear this way because he is a miner. His job might have weathered his body, so he probably looks older than he actually is, since the work he does is very strenuous. The background of this image is neutral, while the man's face has a hue that is almost pink. His eyes stand out because they are one of the only cool colors in this image. The lighting is bright, and it is probably natural.
Mikaela Mumme
11/3/2017 01:25:50 pm
This is an image of a man and he looks very thin. You can tell by the man's face he probably works outside because his skin looks weathered. The man is kind of old, maybe early to mid-fifties and does not appear very happy. The lighting of this image is bright and uses a cold color palette. This gives the image a welcoming and cozy feel.
Ryan Kyle
11/4/2017 03:46:24 pm
This photograph is of am old man who doesn't really appear to be doing anything. The image uses two main colors, white and black. Maybe these colors are used to complement the simplicity of the image itself. The lighting looks like diffused light, maybe light coming through a window to be specific. The man in the image is not really doing anything and instead is just kind of sitting down and looking at the camera.
Zach Burgos
11/5/2017 07:07:55 pm
This image is a person who is or was a miner. The colors Bryan Schutmaat used was white and black. Bryan used most likely used a studio setup because it seems really bright. The objects in the image are the miner and a couch. The miner is sitting and getting his picture taken.
Josh salehi
11/6/2017 08:40:36 am
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Marynez Cantu
11/6/2017 10:57:37 am
This is a very interesting photograph taken by Bryan Schutmaat. I was very surprised when I learned that he didn’t know the people which he photographed, because it honestly takes up a lot of courage to go up to a complete stranger and ask to photograph them. This a photograph taken of an elderly man, he has very sea blue eyes, he has blonde hair, and he has many wrinkles.
Kate Madison
11/9/2017 06:21:23 pm
This is a photo by Bryan Schutmaat where he went around traveling through the American West taking pictures of strangers and still-life and this seems to be one of those strangers. This image is of a miner or worker at least that Bryan found in the West. This image is mostly using natural colors and black. The lighting is most likely set-up studio light. Objects included in this a miner’s face.
Troy Rollwitz
11/13/2017 05:36:31 pm
In this photo by Bryan Schutmaat, we see an elderly man. It is a portrait of him alone, nothing else is in the picture that we would pay attention too, just a blurred couch. The man’s face is has more wrinkles that most elderly’s faces, so we immediately assume that he has had a hard life. He looks utterly worn out. The lighting used is diffused, white light. The only shadow I see is from the couch, and even then I am not completely sure that is is a shadow. The photo was taken pretty close to his face, it captures just below the chest and above. Comments are closed.
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