Dennis Stenild, Photographer, New York

Description

Three shirtless young men sit closely together on a large brown rock formation along a rocky shoreline, with their arms draped over each other's shoulders in a shared embrace. The man on the left wears striped swim shorts in blue and white, the central man wears dark trunks, and the man on the right wears black shorts and has a small tattoo visible on his forearm. Their backs are turned toward the camera, looking out across the calm water toward a hazy, arid mountainous landscape in the distance. The natural daylight casts soft highlights across their shoulders and the wet rock surface below them, creating a candid, observational mood. The composition is horizontally oriented, capturing the textured expanse of the water and coastline under an overcast sky.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Desaturated, Warm

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Rocky Coast

Context

Editorial