The Show
All Photos are Archival pigment prints on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
Basking in the Sun of Our Own Glory, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
30 x 30 in // 76.2 x 76.2 cm
$1250
Going Nowhere, Fast, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
20 x 20 // 50.8 x 50.8 cm
$800
1/10
Who Are You?, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
20 x 20 // 50.8 x 50.8 cm
$800
Feel Your Weight, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
20 x 20 // 50.8 x 50.8 cm
$800
1/10
Why Are You Still Holding On?, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
30 x 30 in // 76.2 x 76.2 cm
$1250
1/10
Becoming Nothing, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
15 x 15 // 38.1 x 38.1 cm
$550
1/10
Between Pleasure and Pain, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
15 x 15 // 38.1 x 38.1 cm
$550
1/10
Open Your Eyes, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
30 x 30 in // 76.2 x 76.2 cm
$1250
1/10
Wake Up, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
35 x 30 in // 88.9 x 76.2 cm
$1350
1/10
Run Into Life, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
28 x 40 in // 71.12 x 101.6 cm
$1500
1/10
Moving to the Rhythm of Chaos, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
28 x 40 in // 71.12 x 101.6 cm
$1500
1/10
Submission, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
30 x 40 in // 76.2 x 101.6 cm
$1650
1/10
Acceptance, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
40 x 30 in // 101.6 x 76.2 cm
$1650
1/10
Freedom, 2024
B&W double exposure film photograph
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper
30 x 40 in // 76.2 x 101.6 cm
$1650
1/10
The show as a poem
Look Up Its Bright, Film
The Poster
About the show
Look Up Its Bright is comprised of 14 large scale double exposure film photographs that narrate a philosophy I formed 6 years ago. Each photo is a black and white Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle William Turner watercolor paper featuring professional dancer, Christine Shepard.
The series focuses on the role of purpose in our lives and our dependence on the identities that form because of it. Each photo challenges the viewer to ground in the feelings their purpose allows them to experience and shift away from seeking another self fulfilling prophecy. The series uses double exposure and movement as a way to display the conversation we must have with ourselves, exposing the dissonance that arises as we become someone completely new. The title serves as a reminder; we must choose to revel in every shade of our experience, because the end goal is an illusion.
Opening night will feature a performance by professional dancers Christine Shepard and Maurice Ivy. They will perform an improv piece guided by the emotional cadence of the series, helping to relay the ever changing but symbiotic relationship between movement and emotion.
If curious, please reach out to me at 517.281.5651 to make an appointment to see the show.
12 x 12 prints available here https://forms.gle/Dj84KffHkC6mQqPG6
About the Artist
Ashton is a self taught photographer that grew up in a family of professional athletes. As a retired figure skater and professional soccer player herself, her adolescent life was centered around movement. This quickly became her language for self expression and tool to explore the human condition.
Ashton started shooting in high school when her mom first bought her a canon point and shoot. She used it to capture her friends and help them see themselves for who they are when they remove their ego. She then received a psychology degree which fueled her obsession with strangers and street photography as a means to explore what makes them who they are and how they intertwine with each other. In attempt to explore humans interaction with the system, she moved to New York. Her photography evolved to focus on portraits, displaying people in intimate spaces as they push against and flow with the chaos. For the past two years she has been using double exposure to visually display philosophies.
The philosophy seen in this show is a byproduct of the pressure chamber that is professional women’s sports and Ashton’s life long fixation with existentialism.
