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Close-up of a person holding a memorial service program featuring a black-and-white portrait, seated in a wooden chair.

Gus Powell, Photographer, New York

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An intimate documentary photograph captured by Gus Powell in New York, focusing on a person's hand holding a white memorial program featuring a black-and-white portrait of a woman. The subject is seated in a curved wooden chair within an auditorium or hall, surrounded by other attendees partially visible in the background. Natural ambient lighting highlights the texture of the wooden furniture and the crisp paper of the program. The composition offers an observational glimpse into a solemn public gathering.

Keywords

memorial programprogramperson holding programhand holding paperblack and white portrait

Styles

DocumentaryHorizontalDesaturated

Techniques

Analogue / filmNatural light

Background

Theatre

Context

Editorial
Fine Art / Personal Project
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