Matt Barnes, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This cinematic photograph by Matt Barnes captures a tense and gripping scene of a man and a young girl standing waist-deep in murky floodwaters. The adult man stands slightly behind and to the right of the young girl, wearing a light blue short-sleeved button-down shirt and dark trousers, with a concerned expression. The young girl, holding his hand, wears a red knitted sweater and looks directly at the camera with a calm, resolute gaze. They are surrounded by wooden stilt houses along a water channel under a heavy, overcast twilight sky filled with dramatic clouds. Debris floats on the water's surface around them, and utility poles with tangled wires line the riverbank. The lighting is warm and directional, casting strong highlights on the subjects against the shadowed, earthy tones of the post-flood environment.

Style

Horizontal, Cinematic, Moody, Warm

Color

Background

River

Context

Portrait / Headshot