Prompt
· English
View from inside a container of the place looking out, specifically from inside a small metal bus shelter looking out to a 38-year-old woman sitting at the bus stop. She is cheering with both fists up and the mouth wide open, looking directly at the camera, holding a crumpled paper ticket in one hand. The woman is of Central African descent with medium olive-brown skin, a short stocky build, and is short with a diamond-shaped face with high cheekbones, dark brown eyes, and bushy eyebrows. Her hair is tight corkscrew curls, dyed cherry red, in a buzz cut that is neatly trimmed, and she wears round wire-frame glasses, a green polo shirt, and beige shorts. A single duffel bag with a worn, rubber tag from a laundry service sits next to her on the bench. The ticket has a faded stamp from a previous stop, and a small, forgotten gum wrapper is stuck to the bench. In the background, a distant, blurred cityscape is visible. A flash of lightning at night freezes the scene in a cold white instant, with three main elements placed as the corners of a triangle. Shot on a 35mm lens at a conversational distance, capturing the stark contrast of the lightning.
