Balazs Gardi, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

An elderly man with short white hair is captured in a documentary-style portrait focusing on his craft. He wears a light blue button-down shirt paired with a white apron tied over dark trousers, standing behind a wooden mannequin head mounted on a stand. His hands are positioned precisely to hold and cut a long section of dark, lustrous hair extending vertically upward from the mannequin's elaborate updo. The interior background features traditional sliding paper screens with wooden lattices, partially framed by draped green curtains on the right and wooden wainscoting below. The lighting is soft and ambient, casting gentle shadows and highlighting the focused concentration of the practitioner.