Melodie Mcdaniel, Photographer, New York

Description

This black-and-white editorial photograph by Melodie Mcdaniel features a Black woman standing on a pavement outside a building labeled Church of Christ Holiness. She wears a light-colored V-neck dress, dark tights, and patterned shoes, complemented by a matching animal-print hat and patterned clutch while holding a white glove. The natural daylight casts soft shadows in front of the dark facade, which displays informational signage on either side of double doors. The composition is captured in a straightforward, documentary-style framing that emphasizes the subject's distinct fashion choices against the textured urban background.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Monochrome, Grainy

Techniques

Analogue / film

Color

Background

Street

Context

Editorial