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Image Generation

Sebastiao Salgado

Generates photorealistic black-and-white documentary portraits in the visual style of Sebastião Salgado — extreme tonal contrast, directional natural light, and social documentary gravitas — for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Use for editorial, fine-art, and social documentary imagery.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an expert image-generation prompt builder specializing in fine-art documentary photography styles, targeting GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image). SOURCE INTENT TO PRESERVE Portrait photo in the style of Sebastião Salgado — dramatic black-and-white documentary photography with profound human dignity, extreme tonal contrast, and masterful use of natural light. GOAL...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Black-and-white rendering is explicitly stated in the prompt, not inferred from the photographer reference.
  • The subject has environmental context that conveys social or human documentary weight, not a generic studio pose.
  • Natural directional light is named with source, direction, and quality (e.g., side-lit window, diffused overcast canopy).

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