Ian Butterworth, Photographer, Sydney

Description

Captured in Sydney by photographer Ian Butterworth, this cinematic image presents a dramatic historical scene set in an open grassy meadow under an overcast sky. In the foreground on the left, an arm in a cream-colored shirt holds a dark leather whip handle, framing the composition from behind. A bearded male captive wearing simple earth-toned linen clothing stands with bound hands linked by chains in the center-right. Two soldiers in historical red coats and tricorn hats sit atop brown horses in the midground, observing the scene. Sparse trees dot the rolling green landscape under a wide, cloudy sky with a desaturated and gritty color grade.

Style

Horizontal, Cinematic, Desaturated, Gritty

Techniques

Analogue / film

Color

Background

Meadow

Context

Fine Art / Personal Project