Prompt
· English
Steep high angle from a staircase or a balcony above, looking down at a 69-year-old man winking with a crooked grin, suspended by ropes on a vertical ice wall, his body arched back to strike a pickaxe into the frozen surface with arms extended high. The man has light beige skin, a lean wiry build, a long narrow face, grey eyes, thin fine eyebrows, a small gap between the front teeth, large loose curls of light brown hair neatly trimmed, and thick black-framed glasses, wearing a fitted cycling jersey and padded bib shorts. Thick ice icicles form on the tips of the ropes, and a crampon blade bites into a frozen sheet of blue ice. The 35mm lens at a conversational distance captures the scene with sunlight dappled through leaves overhead, casting spots of light on everything, while two unrelated things are placed next to each other so they comment on each other. Shot on a 35mm film camera with natural grain and high contrast.
