Kendall Bessent, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This vertical portrait features a smiling Black woman with short blonde-dyed hair and white eyeliner, holding a large, dense arrangement of white baby's breath flowers in the foreground. She wears a pleated turquoise garment and a dangling teardrop earring. The background depicts a dark, classical painted landscape draped with a deep green fabric across the top. The lighting is warm and soft, creating a rich painterly aesthetic with deep shadows and natural tones.

Style

Artistic, Vertical, Warm, Gritty

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Illustrated Frame

Context

Editorial