Prompt
· English
Peeking around a corner of a wall, the wall edge dark and sharp along one side, a 42-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman lean close to whisper over a price tag for a vintage teapot at a church hall jumble sale. The 42-year-old woman, of Middle Eastern descent with warm golden-tan skin, has a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, dark brown eyes, thick straight eyebrows, laugh lines, and tightly coiled dark blonde hair slicked straight back; she wears thick black-framed glasses, a loose white linen shirt, and rolled linen trousers. The 20-year-old woman, of West African descent with medium olive-brown skin, has a heart-shaped face, grey eyes, soft rounded eyebrows, and very long waist-length hair dyed lilac, worn loose and natural; she wears denim overalls over a mustard turtleneck. Handwritten paper price tags are taped to the teapot, and a dented tea urn sits on the far left corner of the table. Dusty sunlight filters through dirty windows onto the floor, creating a rhythm of similar shapes repeating at regular intervals across the frame. The 135mm lens from across the room isolates the main figures against a melted background, with one low desk lamp providing a warm pool of light on the table and dark walls. Shot on a medium format film camera with shallow depth of field and warm color tones.
