Mary Ellen Matthews, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

A striking studio portrait by photographer Mary Ellen Matthews featuring three Black men in their twenties and thirties posing with dynamic hand gestures. The subjects wear distinctive round-frame sunglasses and patterned outerwear over light shirts. The composition employs a noticeable chromatic aberration effect, adding red and cyan color-shifting fringes around the figures against a solid dark background. The lighting is focused and dramatic, highlighting the textures of their clothing and their expressive poses in this visually engaging editorial image.

Style

Editorial, Horizontal, Gritty, Grainy

Techniques

Multiple exposure

Color

Background

Black Seamless

Context

Editorial