The same boy in a white cotton panama hat from the reference photo, close-up in three-quarter profile: he gulps fizzy water from a faceted Soviet glass, eyes squeezed shut from the bubbles, a drop running down his sunburned freckled chin, panama pushed back. His friend's hand reaches into the frame from the right edge, impatiently waiting for the glass. The boy's face sits on the left third, peeling plaster wall behind, harsh noon sun, blurred fence slat in the foreground. Authentic 1980s Soviet snapshot shot on a Zenit-E with a Helios-44-2 58mm f/2 lens: swirly bokeh, Svema color negative film, faded warm colors, visible film grain, halation. Candid, nobody looks at the camera, ordinary real face with skin texture, imperfect framing, no glossy CGI look, no text.
