Prompt
· English
Shot through a narrow gap between two real objects of the place, their blurred edges in the foreground, of a 33-year-old man alone. The man making coffee has the eyes glassy with held-back tears, the lips pressed together. He has very deep brown skin with cool undertones, a round face with full cheeks, grey eyes, thin fine eyebrows, and thick coarse straight hair, short cropped hair, jet-black hair colour, slicked straight back, and a full thick beard. He wears rimless glasses and a long camel cardigan over a white top. He carefully grinds coffee beans in a manual burr grinder on a cramped kitchen counter. The morning light catches the rising steam of the first cup. A cracked ceramic mug with a chipped rim sits nearby. A handwritten grocery list is taped to the refrigerator door behind him. Coffee grounds are scattered on the wooden countertop. The shot uses a disposable film camera at arm's length, slightly soft corners. Broad light: the lamp on the side turned towards the camera, the wide side of the face fully lit. The main figure is cut by the frame edge, only part of it in the picture. Shot on a disposable film camera, showing slight soft corners and a candid, unposed quality.
