John Blais, Photographer, Chicago

Description

This portrait photograph by John Blais captures a large family group gathered together in a simple domestic interior in Chicago. An older woman is seated prominently in the center on an old metal-frame bed, wearing patterned top and light trousers with her legs straddling the bed edge. Several younger individuals, including women and children, are posed around her resting their chins in their hands and gazing toward the camera. Two children lie on the patterned tiled floor directly in front of the bed frame. The walls of the room are a plain muted yellow, decorated with small hanging items. Natural interior lighting illuminates the scene, highlighting the textures of the tiled floor and the metal bed.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Desaturated

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Living Room

Context

Portrait / Headshot