Matthew Brookes, Photographer, Paris

Description

This black and white portrait features a man in his 30s leaning forward with his hands clasped over the back of a wooden chair. He wears a dark knit sweater and gazes directly toward the camera with a serious expression. The composition is captured in a gritty, high-contrast monochrome style with visible grain. The background reveals a distressed interior wall with a vertical radiator on the left side. The lighting is soft yet directional, highlighting the contours of the subject's face.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Monochrome, Gritty, Grainy

Techniques

Analogue / film

Color

Context

Portrait / Headshot