Doug Menuez, Photographer, New York

Description

This candid street photograph captured in New York by photographer Doug Menuez depicts two individuals embracing and kissing in an intimate moment. The subjects are positioned closely together against a dark, closed metal security storefront gate at night. Direct flash illumination highlights the figures against the deep shadows, creating high contrast and rich grain characteristic of analogue film capture. One person wears a denim jacket while the other is dressed in a light olive utility jacket. The tightly framed composition emphasizes the raw emotional intensity of the scene in an urban environment.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Moody, 1990s

Techniques

Analogue / film, Flash

Color

Background

Street

Context

Editorial, Fine Art / Personal Project