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Elderly woman and young model playing chess on an outdoor concrete table with ornate animal-figural chess pieces, styled by Kate Stein.

Kate Stein, Set Designer, Los Angeles

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Description

An outdoor seaside pavilion features two contrasting women seated across a weathered concrete chess table playing a game with sculpted animal-figural pieces. To the left, an elderly woman with blonde hair wearing dark sunglasses and a black embroidered blouse sits poised with her hand resting near the board. Across from her, a young black model with short cropped hair styled in knots, wearing a black top, bright blue gloves, and long earrings, gazes intently away from the game. Between them rests an ornate round cylindrical prop container on a pedestal base. In the background behind wooden slatted benches, two men sit conversing near the railing under a clear sky structure. The scene is shot with a warm, pink-toned color grade, emphasizing textures from the distressed concrete table surface to the detailed sculptural chess pieces and draped patterned textiles.

Style

Editorial, Horizontal, Warm, 1970s

Color

Jet Black (50%)
Powder Blue (30%)
Gold (20%)

Background

Rooftop

Context

Editorial