Ella Hermë, Photographer, Paris

Description

This black and white photograph by Ella Hermë captures a low-angle shot of a man and a smiling woman standing outdoors in Paris, gazing up at a small airplane flying overhead. The man on the left wears a dark jacket, shown in profile as he looks upward. The woman on the right faces slightly toward the camera with a joyful expression, wearing a dark coat over a dark top. The composition features an overcast sky filling the background above the silhouettes of distant foliage at the bottom edge. The grainy texture and high-contrast monochrome grading lend a candid, documentary-style feel to the scene.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Monochrome, Grainy

Techniques

Analogue / film

Color

Background

Overcast Sky

Context

Editorial