Patti Smith, Milan, 1996

The grain of the film in this print is so rich you can almost feel the texture of the air around her. It captures that quiet intensity she has, like she's thinking about a song she just wrote.

Hung this above my desk and the calm in her expression gets me every time I look up. The black-and-white tones are rich without feeling overdone, and the candid framing makes it feel like a stolen moment rather than a posed portrait.

The close-up is sharp and the grain gives it that real 1996 film feel, and it's hanging above my desk now. Only thing is it arrived with a small crease in the bottom corner, though it mostly flattens out in the frame.