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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Claire Williams
11/3/2017 12:27:09 pm
This image is of a man sitting down and looking at the camera. He is sitting in a backyard with a fire pit, people, and lots of stuff/trash behind him. The main colors being used are green, white, and grey, and brown. The background is a little underexposed but not a lot. I looks like it is around 5 PM and everyone is hanging out outside. The man’s shirt is dirty and he looks like he has had a long day. 11/3/2017 12:29:53 pm
This image depicts a man situated atop a loglike structure. The time of day appears to be relatively close to the evening. This man appears to be worn out and overworked, and his clothing is battered and worn. The image is shot with a shallow depth of field, but it is clear to see that in the background things are strewn about carelessly. A large fire burns at the right side of the image. Only a slim number of people are featured in the image, one of which is a small child. They seem to be doing some kind of work, perhaps to clean up the immense mess. This man simply appears as if he requires a break from his countless hours of work.
Elizabeth Wray
11/3/2017 12:35:16 pm
This image is focused on a man probably in his early 30’s. He doesn’t seem to be in a wealthy place as the image is shot because his clothes and the surroundings around him are dirty. His head is shaved, but he has blonde hair. He has some sort of tattoo on his left inner forearm, though i can't see what it is. There are children in the background of the image playing outside. There also seems to be a fire towards the right of the image. I am not sure what it's for since this is all occurring during the day.
Jordan Bell
11/3/2017 02:03:53 pm
This photograph by Bryan Schutmaat is a picture of a middle aged man sitting in front of a house and what appears to me a fire pit. The view can also make out the figure of a little boy and possibly another adult in black behind the child. This image mostly has natural colors such as greens, browns, and tans. The lighting used in this photo is natural either dusk, dawn, or a cloudy day. Many of the objects in this image, because they are blurry, appear to be junk or trash. To the subjects left you can see a little boy playing in front of a house and to the subjects right you can see a fire pit with smoke billowing from it. This image seems to be an everyday routine or set up.
Annie Mosis
11/3/2017 06:50:17 pm
In this image There is a man sitting on what looks to be a log. The man has dark grey pants and is wearing an old worn collared shirt. The man has a tattoo on his right arm. His man looks tough. He has a light beard and has a buzz cut. The light portrays the image clearly and is a good diffused lighting. Though the background is blurred there is a bunch of trash and a few kids or people in the background. The man is looking straight into the camera.
Brandon Collins
11/4/2017 11:56:46 am
The image is of a man with a background of a low income town, that seems to have been through some kind of disaster. The photographer is using very neutral colors to set the mood to make people feel sympathetic. The photographer is using outside light the day is probably cloudy. The main part of the image is of a man with a tattoo on his arm, in a low income town, trash on the ground, a child dragging a broken vacuum cleaner, and a low lit fire with smoke.
Matthew Weiss
11/5/2017 04:53:57 am
The photo is by a portrait by Bryan Schutmaat from a series that he created called Grays the Mountain Sends. The portrait is of a man sitting on a post. In the background, there is a young child outside of an old, worn down home, and on the other side of him there is a fire going on the other side of him. The man’s clothes seem very worn down, as his shirt is wrinkled and looks as if it were crumpled up, and it is covered in dirt. In the background, buckets and random items are strewn throughout the image. The sky isn’t visible however, due to the lighting, it seems to be very cloudy, grey, and dull outside.
Kylie Bruehler
11/5/2017 11:26:12 am
This is image is a portrait done by an artist named Bryan Schutmaat. This image uses a shallow depth of field to almost completely blur the background and focus on the object of the image. The object of the image is a man who appears to be quite young. He looks like he has been working because of his dirty shirt and clothing. He is sitting on something that looks like a tree stump and might be taking a break from working. Through the expression on the man’s face and his stance, his story is well told and this makes this image very successful as a portrait. The man looks rough from his work, but as the image focuses on him, there is an innocence and a purity to how he looks in the face.
Payton Down
11/5/2017 06:56:43 pm
The image contains a man sitting down in a campsite or a small place for people to live. The colors are dull not very vibrant. The lighting is natural, sunlight probably taken in the morning or later in the day. The objects include a man showing his face and then many more people behind him. Nothing is really happening in the photo he seems pretty relaxed and worn out, maybe a hard work day. He might be at a get together with some people because there is a fire going into the back with kids in the background.
Lucas Prado
11/6/2017 10:57:55 am
This image is a portrait of a man in living in a mining town in rural America. The man is wearing a green, collared shirt with some dirt on it and some dark brown jeans. He has a buzz cut of light brown hair, with a full beard and a mustache. On his right arm, he has a tattoo of a shield and a crown with centered words in cursive going down the middle of the shield.
Natalia Orquin
11/6/2017 12:34:41 pm
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