Prompt
· English
Long-lens view from across the street of a 19-year-old gardener alone, passers-by blurred in the foreground, holding a seed packet for tomatoes. The gardener has very deep brown skin with cool undertones, a muscular build with broad arms, and a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, with hazel eyes and high arched eyebrows. She is sulking with a pushed-out lower lip and crossed arms, wearing a thin silver nose ring. Her hair is dyed cherry red, large loose curls kept in neat cornrows, reaching shoulder length. She wears a fleece jacket, hiking trousers, and leather boots. In her hand, the seed packet has a water stain on the corner. Beside her, in the rich dark soil of a backyard garden bed, lie a pair of worn rubber gloves with clumps of wet earth sticking to the fingertips and a trowel with dirt caked under the blade. A plastic marker labeled 'Tomatoes' is stuck in the ground nearby. The instant film camera creates a small square frame with soft colours and a slight vignette. Rembrandt light from one lamp high to one side casts a small triangle of light on the shadowed cheek, leaving the main figure as a dark silhouette against a bright background. Shot on instant film with soft color shifts and a distinct vignette, capturing the moody, intimate atmosphere of the gardening session.
