© Bryan Schutmaat 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.
As you write, consider what this portrait says about the person being photographed. What can you infer about the subject's identity? Who are they? Does the environment they are being photographed in tell you anything about the subject? Your analysis must be 5 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class's post, it will not be graded. If you do not complete your analysis in class, you must finish it for homework by midnight. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
chloe clark
12/6/2019 12:21:39 pm
This image is of a man sitting outside in what seems like a yard. He is the subject of the image, and the messy, rural, house behind him is out of focus. There are not bright colors present in the image, they are all fairly dark colors that do not terribly stand out. We can see a small child working on something behind him. There is also smoke coming from a fire behind him as well.
isabella
12/6/2019 12:23:03 pm
In this image there is a man who sits in what appears to be a cluttered yard. He wears dirt stained clothing and his appearance comes of as ragged and rough. His clothes look old and not his proper size as if they weren’t clothes he necessarily would choose to be wearing. The colors in this image are cooler colors: greys, blues, greens. The lighting is not harsh sunlight but a bit cloudy and hazy. In the back of the image you can see a small girl, maybe the main characters daughter, playing in the yard. There is an outdoor wood pile that is burning, maybe for warmth or to cook with. It is chaotic and messy and not conventionally cookie or cutter or what most think of as a normal home. It appears that there is a forest behind the house and yard and appears to be in a very rural setting.
Kellen Dukatnik
12/6/2019 12:35:52 pm
The image by Bryan Schutmaat depicts a man sitting on a barrel wearing dirty clothes, in front of a trashed yard with a child standing in the background to the left. It uses colors of green, brown, black, white, grey, blue, orange, etc. because the colors indicate the amount of trash in the yard. The lighting is during the day outside. All sorts of things dare included a house, a barrel, a fire, a man, and a little girl. The home seems to be very run down and trashed, probably lives somewhere very rural.
Ben Barlow
12/9/2019 05:08:33 am
Grays the Mountain Sends done by Bryan Schumaat is a series of portraits done of mining towns in the American West. In this photograph in particular, the main subject is sitting on a tree stump adjacent to a small farm house. A small bonfire made of books causes a column of smoke to rise behind. In the background, a child appears to be playing, surrounded by trash. While the wilderness beyond the house is beautiful, the people inhabiting the area have ruined the place entirely.
Flint Rose
12/9/2019 05:52:55 am
This piece is a portrait of a man sitting by a campfire outside a house. He has a dirty polo with a buzz cut. In the back, there is a child with a very large blue shirt and shorts. The fire is dying down, there are many logs surrounding it. Out of focus in the back, there are bright colors, these could be the colors of plastic seats and toys. There is an RV just out of view. Most of the tones are very earthy, deep browns and bright greens. 12/9/2019 02:57:46 pm
The portrait is showing a man sitting on a log with what I assume is his house behind him. A child can also be seen in the background playing with or placing two sticks down. To the right you can see a pile of wood with parts of it still burning. Barrels can also be seen lying around in the background along with trash surrounding it. The man has a very rough look to with his shirt dirty and fully unbuttoned, ripped pants and dark clothing.
Diego
12/12/2019 09:34:09 am
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mateo
12/13/2019 12:41:27 pm
This image by artist Bryan Schutmaat is from his series called Grays The Mountain Sends, which is of portraits and landscapes that Schumaat made of mining towns in the contemporary American West and the people who inhabit them. This image is of one a resident of one of the towns that Schutmaat visited and of the everyday surrounding they have. The man is working in his neighborhood and community where he lives. There are also children helping with work. There is a lot of green, brown and red. There is a red roof on the white house, green trees and green grass, and brown dirt. The man is wearing a dark green shirt and brown pants.The lighting is provided by a cloud covered sky with sunlight. There is a burning fire with smoke, tree stumps, and trash piles.
Nathan Harrison
12/16/2019 06:19:07 pm
This image is a guy sitting on a tree stump in front of a fire and a rural home. The image doesn’t use any bright or vibrant colors, probably to increase the effect of sadness or emptiness from the person being photographed or the people in the town that the photographer is visiting. Lighting in the picture looks as if the image was taken during a very cloudy day without any other light from any other source. In the unfocused and blurred background, you can see the house on the left and the fire on the right. You can also see a child on the left in the background. Comments are closed.
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