Jaap Vliegenthart, Photographer, Hamburg

Description

This editorial photograph by Jaap Vliegenthart captures a wide, high-angle view of a person standing atop a weathered concrete bunker on a rocky shoreline. The figure wears a light-coloured t-shirt and shorts, holding a camera to take pictures of the scene. To the right, rough deep-blue ocean water crashes against the rocks, creating a dramatic white splash. Natural daylight illuminates the scene, casting a sharp shadow of the person onto the curved top of the bunker. A white fence is visible in the lower left foreground, framing the coastal composition.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Monochrome, Earthy

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Ocean

Context

Editorial