Daren Borthwick, Hair Stylist, Sydney

Description

This monochrome portrait features a black woman with short dark hair resting in shallow, rushing water. She gazes directly toward the camera with her hands raised near her face, her skin and wet shoulders glistening under natural light. The swirling water creates dynamic textures around her arms and the foreground. The composition is vertical and captured with high contrast, emphasizing deep blacks and rich tonal gradations. Hair styling is credited to Daren Borthwick in Sydney.

Style

Artistic, Vertical, Monochrome, Gritty

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

River

Context

Portrait / Headshot