Prompt
· English
Seen as a reflection in a wet, polished surface filling the entire frame, a 27-year-old desk clerk of Polynesian descent reviews a stack of paper files. The man has medium olive-brown skin, a square face with a strong jaw, warm brown eyes, soft rounded eyebrows, and a full thick beard, smiling tenderly with soft crinkled eyes. He wears a navy suit with an open-collared light blue shirt. His broad shoulders and solid frame are visible as he leans forward. The desk edges and chair legs are thickened with creeping ivy and blooming wildflowers, blurring the line between the workspace and the garden outside the open window. A dried pressed flower is tucked under the rubber band holding the file stack. Green moss grows over the base of the ceramic mug. Vines wrap around the metal clip of a manila folder. The scene is lit by an orange sodium streetlight at night, casting everything outside its reach in deep blue. A rhythm of similar shapes repeats at regular intervals across the frame. Shot on an instant film camera with a small square frame, soft colours, and a slight vignette, showing visible grain and a soft focus falloff typical of analog photography.
