Born (1946) in Pennsylvania. Her black and white portrait photography is know for the emotional qualities she is able to capture from her subjects. People say that her photos are so 'unassuming' that they require multiple viewings to fully understand them.
She uses an 8x10-inch Camera and a process known as printing-out paper prints (which needs no enlarger) to produce highly defined negatives and prints with a wide range of gray tones. The paper is exposed to the negative in sunlight for a few minutes to a few hours. Later, Ross tones the prints shades of brown and gray (Wikipedia).
The picture I selected, 'Frank Mancini and Joe Wessel, Freeland, Pennsylvania' shot in 2004 is interesting because it takes two very ordinary-looking people, and makes them into something special. I thought the way that the figures match up is pretty funny- how both of them are standing similarly, with their arms at their sides and their legs outwardly spaced. Their matching potbellies also tie them together, along with their glasses and interestingly befuddled expressions. I like how the setting is a nondescript area that could likely be a neighborhood. Everything else is blurred, which also created more of an interest in the two men.
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