Jessica Craig-martin, Photographer, New York

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This candid flash photograph by Jessica Craig-Martin captures three individuals at a formal evening gathering. In the foreground on the right, a young boy gazes toward the camera wearing a dark pinstripe suit jacket and a tie. Beside him stands an adult figure in a black tuxedo with a white dress shirt and a black bow tie. On the left, a woman wearing a dark purple dress and a pearl necklace is partially visible in profile. The direct flash lighting creates sharp highlights and shadows typical of social documentary photography.