Ilan

A waist-up portrait of a man seated in half-profile. His arms are crossed over his chest, with the elbow directed toward the viewer, creating a sense of distance and restrained resistance. The faded black T-shirt is deliberately neutral, serving as a backdrop for the face — stern, closed, and nearly immobile. The gesture encloses the figure within itself, shifting the portrait from characterization to a state of being. The image does not narrate an individual story, but exists as a fixed presence — tense, silent, and withholding contact.