Jessica Craig-martin, Photographer, New York
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Description
Four children are seated inside a white bathtub, each holding various action figures and toys in a direct, unvarnished editorial portrait. The direct flash lighting creates sharp highlights and deep shadows, giving the scene an unpolished, intimate aesthetic characteristic of documentary-style snapshot photography. The children exhibit candid expressions while looking toward the camera or down at the plastic toys they manipulate in their hands. The neutral white surface of the bathtub edge runs horizontally across the lower frame, contrasting with the soft skin tones and saturated plastic colours of the action figures. Photographed by Jessica Craig-Martin.
Style
Documentary, Horizontal, Action, Clean
Techniques
Analogue / film, Flash
Background
Bathroom
Context
Editorial