Xavier Scott Marshall, Photographer, New York

Description

A close-up black and white portrait captures a smiling woman with dark skin and a white mouth device. The woman's open mouth shows her teeth, and she has a hood-like fuzzy bonnet on her head. The bonnet has a knit-like pattern and buttons. Her eyebrows are arched, and she wears eyeliner. Magenta circles of various sizes overlap on the left side of the frame. The background is dark and out of focus. The composition is portrait-oriented and tightly cropped, emphasizing the woman's face and the unusual mouth device.