A sudden pop from the built-in flash washes over a man slouched on a threadbare couch, his graphic T-shirt catching a faint blur as he grips a game controller. Nearby, a dented soda can shimmers on the scuffed floor, its edges softened by low CCD sensitivity. The flash etches a harsh shadow onto the cracked paint of the wall behind, while faint pixel blocks jitter across the darkened folds of the fabric. The man's outline bleeds into the muted tungsten glow mixing with a hint of fluorescent overhead light, edges fuzzing with each tiny jitter of the handheld zoom. A slight tilt twists the scene off-kilter, the timestamp “04 MAR 2003 23:18” flickering in the corner alongside a half-drained battery icon. The photo quality is low-resolution and somewhat grainy.—early-2000s digicam snapshot, grainy low-res quality