Alex Hazel, Photographer, Chicago

Description

A close-up vertical portrait captures a young Black man wearing a black and white trucker hat adorned with a yellow smiley face patch and a green paisley bandana knotted around his neck over a beige sweatshirt. He holds a lit brass lighter with a visible yellow flame in one hand while bringing a rolled joint toward his lips. Multiple hands reach in from all sides of the frame, holding white illustrated tins featuring hourglass artwork and extending additional rolled joints toward him. The background consists of a vertical corrugated deep red surface bathed in soft, moody ambient light.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Moody

Techniques

Soft Light

Color

Background

Metal Texture

Context

Editorial