Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

Sawyer Hartman, an American creative content maker, both photography and videos. Sawyer was given his first camera at the age of 9 by his Mum, it was then when he fell in love with photography (Hartman, 2013). During many life changes, it wasn’t till later in life when he moved his life to Hollywood in the chase of an acting career that actually brought him back to photography. In 2010 he started a YouTube channel where comedy sketchers turned into short films, bringing back his love for photography to this day.

With the photo or video you are examining when was it produced (date)? How was the photo or video authored?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTaS-iJhg-B/?taken-by=sawyerhartman

This photo was taken on a DJI Mavic drone 4K camera posted on April 28th, 2017.
The photo was edited using producers own lightroom presets edits

How was the photo or video published?

The photo was published on instagram, account @sawyerhartman. Being posted on the world wide web, the publishing process would involve the single click of a bottom to post. However, to transfer the photo from drone to PC, to then go through the editing process through lightroom to then post to instagram with a well thought out caption.

How was the photo or video distributed?

For viewers to see the photo on there instagram feed they would have to be following the account @sawyerhartman, however because he tagged @djiglobal @timwehrle @samearp @samevanslife, there followers may also come across the photo through there tagged photos.

References
Hartman,Draw My Life • Sawyer Hartman 2013, youtube, Feburary 16, viewed 10 September 2018, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyM5gE8hAiE>.

Hartman, S 2017,Now that I’m finally home in LA for 48 hours…, Instagram, April 28, viwed September 10,<https://www.instagram.com/p/BTaS-iJhg-B/?taken-by=sawyerhartman>