Motel swimming pool at midnight, alone. A middle-aged man in cheap slacks and a white undershirt sits on the edge, feet in the water, staring at his own reflection. His left hand holds a can of Schlitz; his right rests on a towel puddled with a woman’s lipstick-stained cigarette. No one else. Colors: turquoise pool light, beige concrete, his pale calves, the red EXIT sign reflected on the water’s surface. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, 80mm f/2.8 planar lens. Film: Kodak Portra 400, rated at 200. Aperture f/5.6, shutter 1/30. Metered for the highlight on his forehead.
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