Donavon Smallwood, Photographer, New York

Description

A striking portrait photograph captured by Donavon Smallwood features a person with a voluminous afro hairstyle turned slightly away from the camera. The subject wears a simple white tank top and loose, distressed blue denim jeans with heavy fading. They stand against a plain, light-colored interior wall where sharp, geometric shadows cast by a multi-paned window stretch diagonally across the surface. The warm, natural illumination creates soft gradients and highlights the textures of the denim and the subject's hair. The composition is captured in a vertical orientation with an intimate, observational quality.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Warm

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Industries

High Street Fashion

Color

Background

Grey Seamless, Education Building

Context

Editorial, Portrait / Headshot