Ian Butterworth, Photographer, Sydney

Description

This landscape photograph by Ian Butterworth, captured in Sydney, presents a mysterious structure completely draped in wrinkled blue tarpaulin resting upon a textured sandy beach. A striped wooden walkway leads towards the object from the lower left corner. The scene is set under a very dark, nearly black night sky, creating a stark contrast with the illuminated sand in the foreground. Small coloured containers sit near the base of the covered shelter. The lighting suggests an artificial source casting directional shadows across the granular dunes.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Desaturated

Techniques

Analogue / film

Color

Background

Sandy Beach

Context

Fine Art / Personal Project