Gary Copeland, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This outdoor portrait photograph captured in Los Angeles by photographer Gary Copeland features two young individuals on a sunny suburban street. In the foreground on the left, a young man with blond hair wears a green baseball cap and a teal and black striped t-shirt with a thin gold chain necklace, smiling as he looks downward. On the right, a young woman with vibrant red and dark hair, wearing a cream-colored short-sleeved button-down shirt and loose blue denim jeans, crouches atop a metal newspaper distribution box on the sidewalk. The background reveals an asphalt street intersection with white crosswalk lines, residential houses, parked cars, utility poles, and clear blue skies with scattered clouds. The wide-angle perspective and natural daylight give the composition a candid, documentary-style feel.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Desaturated

Techniques

Natural light

Color

Background

Street

Context

Editorial