hi, i'm ashni.

 

CHICAGOAN TURNED EAST COASTEr. let's get to know each other.

MY PARENTS NURTURED ME INTO THE ARTIST I AM TODAY BEFORE I EVEN KNEW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. A JOURNEY THAT STARTED WITH BIRDS IN OUR BACKYARD AND HAS GROWN INTO DOCUMENTING SOME OF LIFE'S BIGGEST MOMENTS.


I GREW UP IN CHICAGO WHERE I LEARNED TO KEEP MY HEAD ON A SWIVEL FOR MOMENTS TO CAPTURE. I HAVE KEPT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR THINGS OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT MISS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAS MADE MY STYLE VERY UNIQUE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AFTER ONE OF MY MOST RECENT WEDDING GALLERIES GOT DELIVERED I WAS TOLD I SHOOT LIKE A SPY IN AN A24 FILM AND I DON'T THINIK I'VE EVER HEARD ANYTHING THAT I'D LIKE TO EMBODY MORE.


SHOOTING IN A WAY ALMOST COMPLETELY UNSEEN WITH MY CLIENTS HAS ALLOWED ME TO CAPTURE THE MOST RAW INTIMACY POSSIBLE. IT IS A GIFT THAT I CHERISH AGAIN AND AGAIN.


NO MATTER WHAT HAPPINESS LOOKS LIKE TO YOU, LET'S CAPTURE IT.

 

 

"How wonderful to be who I am, made out of earth and water, my own thoughts, my own fingerprints — all that glorious, temporary stuff."

 

- MARY OLIVER