Prompt
· English
Seen as a reflection in a wet or polished surface of the place, the reflected image filling the frame, of a 66-year-old woman photographing flowers, winking with a crooked grin. She crouches beside a patch of mud where the first crocus flowers are pushing through the ground, holding a small camera to capture the details. Mud is caked on the bottom of her boots, a small puddle reflects the sky nearby, and the delicate petals of the purple crocus are visible in the mud. The medium-format film camera perspective is at waist level with a gentle falloff of focus. Short light from a lamp on the far side illuminates the turned-away side of her face while the near side remains in shadow. Two unrelated things are placed next to each other so they comment on each other: the muddy boots and the delicate flowers. She is of Micronesian descent with deep espresso-brown skin, broad shoulders, and a solid frame, very short in stature. Her round face with full cheeks features grey eyes and sharply angled eyebrows, with a small birthmark on one cheek. Her tightly coiled zig-zag hair is shoulder-length, soft black with brown glints, styled in a single French braid. She wears a black puffer jacket, a wool beanie, and a scarf. Shot on a medium-format film camera, displaying the characteristic grain and soft focus falloff of the film stock.
