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 fashion portrait.
Subject: the subject hanging from a horizontal bar above the subject. Wearing a sheer cropped top tied at the ribs with full billowing
sleeves. a belt at the waist over shorts, high-waisted and cut short. shoes, lace-up
heeled sandals with straps wrapped up the ankle.
Action: hanging with both arms straight overhead, hands gripping the bar shoulder-width
apart, body suspended and legs free. Torso twisted slightly to the subject's left, hips angled, the
near leg straight and hanging with the toe pointed down, the far leg bent at the knee and
drawn back. Head tilted back with the chin lifted, eyes down into the lens, mouth closed.
Setting: the setting — a rooftop edge, a chain-link fence running up the right side, a
city skyline low behind the subject under a heavy overcast sky.
Visual style: high-contrast black and white fashion photography, deep blacks, bright
blown highlights in the sky, visible film grain.
Composition: full-length, extreme low angle looking up at the subject from below the rooftop
edge, subject centred and filling the frame height, bar cutting across the top of frame.
Lighting: hard directional light from the front, dramatic contrast, dark sky behind.
Text inside: none.
Constraints: never stand the subject on the ground, never let go of the bar or lower the arms,
never let the sleeves hang static — they stay caught mid-billow, never straighten both
legs together, never level the chin or look away from the lens, never render in colour,
never soften the contrast, never shoot from eye level, 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.
