Color Photograph by Manuel Larrañaga Sardiñas: 832

Red convertible stares down the lens, chrome grille grinning, city drained to gray behind.

This color photograph is from Cuba, and is contemporary. It is pigment on paper. Pigment prints are made with pigment-based inks on paper, a process generally chosen for stable colour and fine tonal detail in contemporary photography. Color photograph of a red open car shot head-on, with a wide chrome bumper, round headlights and a yellow plate. The street and columned buildings behind are in black and white. Pencil title and signature sit on the mat. It is 10 inches wide and 8 high.

Chrome that wide deserves a close-up and gets one.