Gus Powell, Photographer, New York

Description

This candid street photograph by Gus Powell captures a urban scene in New York. Three bright turquoise Adirondack chairs are arranged in a row on a grey concrete sidewalk, occupied by three individuals. Two women sit on the left, looking down at their phones, while a bearded man relaxes in a chair to their right with his head tilted back in the sunlight. In the background, pedestrians walk along the pavement past a building storefront, and large delivery trucks are parked along the street. The natural daylight casts sharp shadows on the ground, highlighting the textures of the pavement and the vibrant painted finish of the chairs.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Desaturated

Techniques

Natural light

Color

Background

Street

Context

Editorial, Fine Art / Personal Project