Matthew Brookes, Photographer, Paris

Description

This black and white photograph features a ballet dancer in a black dress, seen from the back, standing in a desert landscape. The dancer has her arms raised and is wearing ballet shoes. In the background, two zebras are visible in the landscape, with mountains further in the distance and a cloudy sky above. The image has a shallow depth of field, with the dancer in sharp focus and the background slightly blurred. The photograph uses natural lighting, casting a shadow of the dancer onto the ground.