Author Archives: JArjune

I like this photo because of how it shows two states in time blended into one, showing a passage of time spent thinking. The lights and darks came out really well as well, giving it a good range of color.

This photo’s figure is notable for its spontaneity and chance and that why I feel it is the best out of the group of pictures. It would have been easy for it to be a formless splash, but instead it … Continue reading →

I consider this picture to be my best today because of the mood the hard shadows and close up create. The direct lighting on the pineapple leads to dramatic fall off, which ends up conveying an overwhelming tension.

I consider this picture to be my best of the bunch my group took because it makes the most of the inverse square law to maximize falloff and create the dark shadows. The way the light adheres to the curvature … Continue reading →

Ashley Gilbertson’s work is displayed as part of the New York Times Magazine Photographs gallery at the Aperture Foundation. Her photographs are black and white still-life images depicting the bedrooms of what one would assume to be small children. There … Continue reading →