Blair Caldwell, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This striking editorial portrait features global superstar Beyonce riding a magnificent white horse against a stark black background. She wears a form-fitting red, white, and blue bodysuit styled with a cowboy hat and a sash reading Cowboy Carter, while dynamically holding a large American flag aloft. Her exceptionally long white hair streams dramatically in the wind as the horse gallops across a dark, earthen ground plane kicking up a subtle dust cloud. The dramatic lighting sculpts the figures sharply out of the darkness, creating a high-contrast and theatrical composition. The image was captured in Los Angeles by photographer Blair Caldwell.

Style

Editorial, Horizontal, Moody, Monochrome

Techniques

High-speed / freeze, Low-key / chiaroscuro

Industries

Music

Color

Background

Black Seamless

Context

Editorial