Prompt
· English
View from the pavement through a shop or cafe window, the street reflected faintly over the glass, of a 7-year-old shopping boy of Indigenous North American descent walking through a bustling outdoor market. He is concentrating hard, tongue poking out, carrying a large, overstuffed paper bag filled with fresh vegetables and fruits. Stems of green herbs stick out of the bag, and a bruised apple is visible at the top. The boy has warm golden-tan skin, tightly coiled zig-zag hair, long dark brown hair in two pigtails. He wears a red hoodie and jeans with patched knees. The pavement is wet from morning rain. Car headlights sweep in from the side, casting long hard shadows stretching across the ground. Everything curls inwards along a spiral towards the main figure. Other shoppers are visible in the background, blurred by the glass reflection. Shot on a medium-format film camera at waist level, gentle falloff of focus, capturing the wet textures and the reflection on the window pane.
