A sudden pop of on-camera flash blasts the man standing rigid inside the echoing car wash bay, framed dead center by dripping hoses and faded plastic signs. The tungsten-tinted fluorescent lights hum softly above, casting a cold, mixed glow that swirls in the hazy, slightly soft focus of the CCD sensor. Pixel fringing gnaws around the edges of his tucked-in tank top and tailored shorts, while JPEG blocks scramble the concrete floor beneath. His steady, straight-on gaze locks with the lens as the frame wobbles slightly with a Dutch tilt, like a quick grab and shoot. In the corner, a flickering battery icon blinks beside a timestamp: "04 MAR 2003 23:18". The photo quality is low-resolution and somewhat grainy.—early-2000s digicam snapshot, grainy low-res quality