Macchiato Men

Macchiato Men, Seattle, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

Macchiato Men, Seattle, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

This is an unframed, limited edition collection landscape photography print of only 25 units. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl papers, structured to refract the highest values in colour and detail. It’s high-quality ink absorbing layer enables exceptional image quality with enormously detailed sharpness, and a very broad colour range, providing archival permanency of your artwork for over 100 years.

Nikon A1 Compact, 20mm, F4, 1/125th sec, ISO 100, no filter, processed in Lightroom.

This image was captured without even looking through the viewfinder. I was trying to be discreet as a newcomer to Seattle, but saw an opportunity to capture three people all ignoring each other in a place thats meant to bring people together. A cafe. I know they did not know each other, but their body language speaks volumes. Such is the city life of the macchiato men, as I call them.

Macchiato Men, Seattle, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

Using black and white to depict street life is extremely powerful, but when you capture  the nuances of the life in that area, you also find the personalities. That’s what you want in street life images. Not just buildings and man made things, but personalities. Even of they are sending out vibes to deter anyone crowding their alone time, that is part of their personality trait. Capture it.