# High-Contrast Black and White Portrait Prompt - Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md) - Creator: [Library Social (@library.social)](/@library.social.md) - Label: AI-generated - Use cases: Portraits - AI keywords: portrait, photo, dramatic - Copies: 0 - Saves: 0 - Published: 2026-11-01 - Cover image: https://cdn.promptclay.com/media/v/01M6B7ZDK6RTFZF7N0HF94MVQB/w1200.webp - Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/high-contrast-black-and-white-portrait-prompt-xremp7 ## Prompt ```text A hyper-realistic, 8k black and white portrait, captured with a shallow depth of field using an 85mm lens. The composition is an extreme close-up, portrait orientation, focusing on the upper body of a person with uploaded face as reference. The subject's head is tilted slightly to the right, looking directly at the viewer with an intense, thoughtful gaze. Their left hand is raised, fingers gently curled, resting on their forehead, partially obscuring the left eye and brow. The subject has dark, textured hair swept back from the forehead and well-groomed short stubble. They are wearing a light-colored, possibly denim or chambray, collared shirt, unbuttoned at the top, with a rolled-up sleeve visible on the right side of the frame, revealing highly detailed fabric texture and buttons. Dramatic cinematic lighting from the upper left creates strong highlights on the forehead, nose, and cheekbone, emphasizing facial contours, with subtle rim lighting on the hair and ear. The background is a soft, blown-out bright white on the upper left, transitioning to a deep, dark, out-of-focus area on the right, creating high contrast and isolating the subject. The image features highly detailed skin texture, individual hair strands, and fabric wrinkles, rendered with a professional, editorial quality. ``` ## About A prompt for generating a hyper-realistic, high-contrast black and white portrait with dramatic cinematic lighting. It specifies an extreme close-up using an 85mm lens, focusing on detailed textures like skin, hair, and fabric, and requires an uploaded face reference for identity locking. Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab). ## Credit and licence Prompt by @library.social on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/high-contrast-black-and-white-portrait-prompt-xremp7 When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. 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