WSJ By Malick Bodian 2025

Description

Shot by Malick Bodian for WSJ, this striking fashion editorial photograph features a Black female model captured in profile against a vibrant turquoise painted backdrop. She wears an elaborate, high-volume red ruffled organza dress with undulating pleated tiers that fill the lower half of the frame. Paired with the dress is a whimsical headpiece of sheer white and lilac-tinted butterfly wings fastened behind her head. Direct, hard sunlight illuminates her facial contours and rich skin tone while casting a sharp, graphic shadow across the teal wall behind her.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Saturated, Graphic

Techniques

Hard Light

Industries

Magazines

Color

Background

Theatre, Solid Colour

Context

Editorial