Mirror-symmetrical studio bust portrait of a beautiful woman with deep brown skin and a high stacked afro, shoulders square to the lens, on bottle green ground that darkens into the top corners. Two thick bundles of long fine braids, gathered and falling straight, framing the face like two columns. A broderie edge over a striped shirt over a bone knit, three layers readable at the neck at once. Rose acetate with the eyes and the freckles readable through it and darkened by it. One large frontal soft source, even light, small hard speculars on metal and on a glossed lip. Powdered flat and slightly chalky, the colour drained out of the skin, densely freckled. A deep muted plum, matte and slightly blotted. Cropped at the chest. Composed, closed and unamused, holding perfectly still.