Sam Kweskin, Photographer, Los Angeles

Description

This black and white photograph captures a muscular adult male basketball player in the action of shooting a basketball. The man is wearing a dark tank top and is shot in profile, revealing tattoos on his raised arm. The lighting is dramatic and high contrast, which emphasizes the man's form. The background is pure black, which isolates the subject and adds to the intensity of the image. The man is the primary subject and the basketball is the secondary focus.