Prompt
· English
Amateur phone photo of real people. the woman, a 20-year-old woman of Central African descent with deep espresso-brown skin, hair dyed lilac, dark brown eyes, high arched eyebrows and a long narrow face, of average height, with a lean wiry build, leaning back on the seat with her arms spread out behind her. She looks straight into the photographer's phone with a wide cheeky grin, brows raised, eyes sparkling, cheeks flushed pink. Her hands tug the neckline of her off-shoulder top down, one small perky breast slipping out over it, its nipple bare, teasing the photographer. She wears baby pink denim micro shorts in place. She has dewy skin, highlighter on her cheekbones and pink lips, intact, with her hair in a messy bun. Three people in the picture, one woman, two men beside her, and a part of the photographer at the frame edge, the men are her roommate, her neighbour and the photographer: the photographer is at the right corner of the frame, his big hairy hand and the sleeve of his denim jacket holding the phone, small in the right corner, far from her. The photographer's phone shows the screen side and its edge toward the viewer, with the camera lenses on the back facing her, away from the lens of this picture. The man who is her roommate stands beside her, a heavyset Arab man in his forties with a thick black beard, heavy brows and huge hands wearing a zip jacket over a t-shirt and grey sweatpants, fully dressed, handing her a drink. The man who is her neighbour stands beside her, a burly Mongolian man in his forties with a shaved head, a wide face and a thick neck wearing a polo shirt and shorts, fully dressed, laughing with her. Both men have their faces toward her. She arches her back toward the photographer, pushing her chest forward, playing with him. The scene takes place in a self-service laundromat at night, washing machines spinning, the place empty. The camera is at eye-level view from slightly to her right, she looks toward the photographer. The framing is a close shot from her head down to her chest, her face sharp, the frame cutting her mid-upper-arm. The photographer at the edge of the frame is blurred, she is sharp. The image is an amateur phone snapshot with the direct on-camera flash, flat harsh light, unretouched skin with visible pores, small blemishes and shine on her forehead, high ISO grain, slightly soft focus, IMG_4471.JPG.
