Aline Smithson

I found Smithson's work captivating. Her use of deep contrasts, shadows, and texture make her pictures aesthetically pleasing to stare at. I found the way she is able to interact with her subject, especially in her collection of children, is intense and satisfying. Her collection of children especially illustrated how effectively she interacts with her subjects. I loved how some of her pictures seemed to capture subtle nuances of everyday life and seemingly random moments in time, but seems to exercise a great deal of control over the composition. I enjoyed her clear distinctions between foreground and background, and loved how she forces them to interact with each other.