Open Palms Against Teal

Waist-up frontal portrait of a man in his fifties, short greying beard, deep forehead and eye wrinkles, weathered rough skin with visible pores and natural asymmetry, no retouching. Head, chest and both hands fully inside the frame: hands raised to chest level in a calm open gesture, palms slightly apart, empty, well below the chin — they never touch or cover the face. Face squarely to camera, both sides lit, mouth closed, neutral calm expression, whole head including crown inside frame. Plain teal #1F5A5B backdrop, flat saturated fill edge to edge. Sweater in off-white #F4F1EA, warm apricot #E9A66C skin highlights. Hard direct frontal sun, crisp shadows under cheekbones, high contrast, no softening. Camera level, straight on, f/8, everything sharp. Single person, nothing else in frame, no props, no text.