Tom Van Schelven, Photographer, London

Description

This portrait photograph by Tom Van Schelven features a woman and a Black man posing together in an indoor setting with reflective surfaces. The woman on the left has wet-look hair, is wearing a patterned top underneath a black strapless dress or corset, and is holding a green glass bottle. The man on the right has voluminous dark hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and is wearing a white double-breasted blazer over dark trousers, accessorized with a pendant necklace. The composition is vertically oriented with direct flash lighting creating sharp highlights and defined shadows.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Clean

Techniques

Flash

Color

Background

Textured Backdrop, Education Building

Context

Editorial, Portrait / Headshot