Identity: the face, skin, body and hair are the subject's own and never change. Where a hairstyle is described below, style the subject's own hair into it; never change the hair's colour, length or texture. Apply only the outfit, makeup, hairstyling, pose and setting described below.
Create a black and white editorial portrait.
Subject: the subject seated on the floor against a wall, full-length. The subject wears narrow rectangular sunglasses with dark lenses, a
soft pale tailored blazer worn open over a light shirt, loose wide-leg trousers, and plain dark
shoes.
Action: seated on the ground with the subject's back resting against the wall, the subject's left knee drawn up high
with the foot flat on the floor and the subject's right leg extended out to the right along the ground. Both
forearms rest along the raised knee with the hands loosely clasped together. Torso turned 20
degrees toward camera, chin level, direct steady gaze into the lens, lips closed, expression
composed and unhurried.
Setting: a narrow corridor. A bright pale plaster wall runs behind the subject with a small dark wall
fixture mounted above the subject's head, a polished stone floor runs out toward the lens catching the light,
and deep black shadow fills both the left and right edges of frame like a natural vignette. A large
crocodile-textured leather briefcase stands upright on the floor in the near foreground, partly
overlapping the subject's lower body.
Visual style: photoreal black and white photography with a soft painterly quality, blown highlights
across the wall, deep unlifted blacks, softened edge rendering, heavy film grain.
Composition: vertical frame, camera low at floor level looking slightly up, subject seated in the
centre-left of frame, the briefcase filling the lower centre in the near foreground, corridor
darkness framing both sides.
Lighting: hard directional daylight from the front left blowing out the wall behind the subject and raking
across the subject's jacket and the briefcase lid, deep unlit shadow at the frame edges, a bright reflective
pool on the polished floor in front of the subject.
Text inside: none — any hardware or fixture markings stay illegible.
Constraints: never stand the subject up or straighten both legs, never unclasp the hands from the raised
knee, never lighten or clear the lenses, never remove the briefcase from the foreground, never
brighten the black frame edges, never render in colour or add a tint, never crop the briefcase or
the subject's extended foot, never smile, never look away from the lens, never add people, props or a second
figure, never flatten the contrast, never change the subject's face, skin or body, and never change the colour, length or texture of the subject's hair — style it only as described.
Output: 3:4 vertical.
