Ashley's book, Days' Travel, was honestly, very thoughtfully put together. The book was made up of photographs of building from various locations found along the Harlem line on the Metro North. Surprisingly, not one of them looks like another, which makes the book, as a whole, exciting to look through. Also, the flow of the book felt right. There were no moments where I felt like there was an abrupt stop in the journey. Instead, I felt like I really was driving along this one long road, and pausing for a few moments to look closer at these buildings.
In terms of layout, I especially enjoyed how several of the left images had a line going across the page, directing your eye into the right photograph. When there was a photograph that stood alone, it signaled me that there were reasons to look closer into the image. I think this change in format forces the viewer to pay more attention to the content of the photographs, and not simply glance over them.
In addition, the afterword was eloquently written, and described the efforts behind taking these photographs.
I very much enjoyed looking through this book. Great job!
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