Levi Walton, Photographer, New York

About

This Polaroid photograph captures a shirtless man wearing an ornate, multi-colored Lucha Libre wrestling mask. The subject stands centrally framed against a pale, vertically striped curtain or fabric background. The instant film format features characteristic chemical borders at the edges and a wide white margin at the bottom with faint alphanumeric markings. The lighting is direct and slightly warm, highlighting the physical contours and tattoos on the subject's arm.