Mary Ellen Matthews, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This striking monochrome studio portrait features Lady Gaga posed dramatically beside a miniature white piano against a gradient grey background. She wears a sharply tailored white suit, oversized patterned sunglasses, a textured blonde bob wig, and massive embellished platform shoes that extend forward in forced perspective. Her left hand rests on the keyboard of the miniature piano while she leans back on a small stool. The high-contrast black-and-white grading emphasizes sharp clean lines and theatrical staging, characteristic of the iconic promotional imagery created for Saturday Night Live by photographer Mary Ellen Matthews. The bold uppercase text 'SNL' is visible in the upper left corner of the frame.

Style

Editorial, Horizontal, Monochrome, Clean

Techniques

Low-key / chiaroscuro

Industries

Broadcast & TV Networks

Color

Background

Grey Seamless

Context

Portrait / Headshot