Jana Romanova- Shannon Roulet

         Jana Romanova is a documentary photographer based in Russia who is most known for her portraits of pregnant women in the early morning laying in bed with their significant other/family. Her use of angle, from directly above creates a very deep and profound connection between the subject of the photograph and the viewer. Her use of light is so important, especially in her project entitled "Citizens of my country". She uses some kind of spotlight to only illuminate one or two of the people within the foreground while the rest of the photograph is very dark.
         
         Romanova uses her skills in photography to apply commentary to a lot of different subjects. In the  "citizens" pieces, she is literally and metaphorically shedding light onto the protesters all across Russia. She also has a project called "People of the Land" featuring the last of an ancient group of people indigenous to Russia. She puts a white sheet behind each but doesn't frame only the white sheet and I feel like most of Romanova's choices, especially things like the white sheets, say a lot as to what she is trying to capture within the photograph. I also think that Romanova is very aware of each photograph conceptually and it adds a lot of depth to each piece.

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