Bharat Sikka, Photographer, London

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This portrait photograph features a bald South Asian man with a dark beard and mustache, captured from the chest up. He has his hand raised to his mouth with fingers near his lips, looking directly toward the camera with a thoughtful expression. He wears a thin dark cord necklace against his bare skin. The lighting is soft and natural, illuminating his face and shoulder while casting gentle shadows. In the background, an indoor room setting is softly blurred with warm neutral tones and a dark vertical frame element on the left. The image was captured by photographer Bharat Sikka.