{"product_id":"young-girl-portrait-coonoor-india-black-and-white","title":"Young Girl Portrait Coonoor India Black And White | Limited Edition of 10","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Serious Gaze From A Young Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat stays with me in this black-and-white portrait is the expression. I photographed this young girl in Coonoor, India, and there is nothing theatrical about the way she looks into the camera. Her gaze is direct, subdued, and remarkably serious for someone so young. I noticed that quality again and again while photographing people in India—expressions that often seemed quieter and more restrained than I expected, sometimes carrying a maturity that felt well beyond the person's years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, her eyes hold the photograph together. The small hair clip, earrings, necklace, patterned clothing, and neatly arranged hair give me details to discover, but they never take control away from her face. Behind her, the environment falls quickly out of focus. Shelves and indistinct objects suggest the everyday surroundings of Coonoor without explaining everything, leaving enough context to place her within a real setting rather than isolating her as a formal studio portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat balance is what draws me to this kind of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/people-wall-art\" title=\"people photography wall art\"\u003epeople photography wall art\u003c\/a\u003e. I want the photograph to remain about the individual first, but I also want traces of the place around them. The rough wall beside her and the blurred interior receding into the background create that separation naturally. Nothing needed to be added. The moment already had its own structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConverting the photograph to black and white concentrates even more attention on her eyes, skin, hair, and expression. Without color competing for attention, the tonal contrast between her face, white clothing, dark hair, and shadowed background becomes part of the portrait itself. The horizontal composition also gives the setting enough room to breathe, rather than reducing the photograph to a tightly cropped face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI offer this photograph as a limited edition of only 10 prints. Each print is personally signed by me, produced with archival pigment inks on premium archival paper, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI see this working particularly well for collectors drawn to human-centered photography, black-and-white portraiture, India, and photographs that reveal more through restraint than spectacle. It also belongs naturally within my broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/street-portrait-photography\" title=\"street portrait photography collection\"\u003estreet portrait photography collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e© Dan Kosmayer, 2010\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Kosmayer Photography","offers":[{"title":"8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)","offer_id":46822219939919,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11 x 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)","offer_id":46822219972687,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 x 16 inches (30.5 × 40.6 cm)","offer_id":46822220005455,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 x 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)","offer_id":46822220038223,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 24 inches (50.8 × 61.0 cm)","offer_id":46822220070991,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 x 30 inches (61.0 × 76.2 cm)","offer_id":46822220103759,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 x 40 inches (76.2 × 101.6 cm)","offer_id":46822220136527,"sku":null,"price":429.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4 (21.0 x 29.7 cm)","offer_id":46822220169295,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (29.7 x 42.0 cm)","offer_id":46822220202063,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42.0 x 59.4 cm)","offer_id":46822220234831,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (59.4 x 84.1 cm)","offer_id":46822220267599,"sku":null,"price":359.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9685\/2047\/files\/young-girl-portrait-coonoor-india-black-and-white-2.jpg?v=1789837941","url":"https:\/\/dankosmayer.com\/products\/young-girl-portrait-coonoor-india-black-and-white","provider":"Dan Kosmayer Fine Art Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}