Manhattan Woman With a Voluminous Wig Black and White Portrait Photography
Loose Curls And An Extended Arm Among Sunlit Leaves
I was walking through Manhattan when this woman's voluminous wig and presence caught my attention. She was aware of the camera and met it directly, her body turned beside a rough stone wall. In this black and white street portrait, I like the connection between that gaze and the loose, bright curls surrounding her face.
Her arm stretches across the wall toward the right edge, giving the composition a strong line beyond the portrait's main focal point. The bracelet and curled hand add small details along that movement. Below her face, the patterned sleeveless dress introduces another texture, softer and more ordered than the leaves behind her.
The background is busy, with overlapping foliage and broken sunlight. I kept it as part of the encounter because its scattered highlights echo the lighter strands of the wig. Her face and shoulder provide broader areas of tone within that activity, allowing the portrait to remain clear without removing the character of the setting.
New York offers brief meetings like this while I am simply moving through the city. A person draws my attention, and the photograph depends on what happens in that small interval. Here, the posture, direct eye contact, and arrangement of hair all contribute to a distinct presence. The image brings me back to the act of stopping and looking, with the surrounding street reduced to a wall, leaves, and light.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2019
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Every photograph in my collection comes from my own travels, explorations, and years behind the camera.
I create my work as photographic art rather than mass-produced decoration. From street portraits and abandoned places to landscapes, architecture, and the unusual subjects I discover along the way, each image begins with something that made me stop and look.
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