Stadium — World Cup, 1998 3

Two friends — a young person with short dark hair and warm brown skin, and a slim North African man with a short dark fade, thin gold chain, wearing a crisp white national team jersey tucked into navy tracksuit bottoms — posing outside the World Cup stadium before kickoff, standing in front of the stadium facade with its concrete curves and World Cup banners. Both in freshly-donned national team jerseys with Adidas three stripes, faces newly painted, flag colors crisp and bright. The young person has their arms spread wide in excitement, the North African man strikes a confident pose with arms crossed, the thin gold chain visible over the jersey collar. Other fans stream past behind them heading toward the turnstiles, jerseys from a dozen nations, face paint, flags. Late afternoon golden light. Flash mixes with the warm daylight. Heavy grain, slight magenta cast, the pre-match energy palpable. Natural skin texture with subtle pores and micro-imperfections, organic asymmetry in features.