More than just a portrait, this photograph of model Joan Bitangcol is all about texture. It's all in the details:
while the focus centers on the middle of the subject's face - sharpening the shadows of the dust spread across
her face and the gristly fibers pressed between her lips - more texture in the photograph is added by other
objects out-of-focus, namely the subject's knotted collar and curly hair. (Her hair is smartly highlighted with
copper, bringing out the dimensions of the curls and reinforcing texture once again.) The use of a hard light
adds to the treatment-if a softer light had been used, the full tactile effect would not have been as powerful
as shown here.
James Reyes, Jing Monis
Stylist and Makeup artist
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