Pan McMillian Books Bob Hawke 2021

Description

This black-and-white contact sheet features multiple photographic frames capturing former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke smoking a cigar. The series highlights various lighting angles, candid expressions, and drifting smoke against a dark background. Photographed by Richard Freeman for Pan Macmillan Books as part of the Bob Hawke project, the sheet showcases strong contrast and dramatic low-key lighting characteristic of professional portraiture. Each frame presents a slightly different angle and interaction with the cigar, offering an intimate chronological sequence of the subject.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Monochrome, Gritty

Techniques

Analogue / film, Low-key / chiaroscuro

Color

Background

Black Seamless

Context

Editorial