Jessica Craig-martin, Photographer, New York

Description

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.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Action, Clean

Techniques

Flash

Color

Context

Editorial