Artist
Ernest Russell Ashton
Ernest Russell Ashton is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Ernest Ashton carried a tiny camera everywhere, snapping black-and-white photos like postcards—each one a quick hello to the world. He shot Burgos in 1929, catching a lone figure hurrying across the plaza in crisp morning light. Then Venice the next year, where his lens flattened the canals into shimmering ribbons and the pigeons looked like ink blots.
Why he’s here: tap “Burgos, Spain, 1929” to see how one shadow can anchor a whole square.
Works by Ernest Russell Ashton
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.