Judith Joy Ross

Judith Joy Ross’s works capture not only a portrait of a person but also their emotions and the feeling of the moment.  In this particular photograph, she captures a young woman who is clearly in some kind of distress or anguish.  This image was so striking to me because the emotion on this woman’s face is so raw.  The way that the light is playing off her face and the angle that the picture is taken at makes the facial expression even more pronounced and dynamic.  The angle at which she is holding her head away from the camera makes it seem as if the woman is trying to hide her anguish.  The expression that Judith Joy Ross has captured makes the viewer sympathize for the woman and makes the viewer wonder what in her life may be causing this anguish.