Jason Paige Smith, Photographer, Boston

Description

A family of four is gathered on a vast frozen snow-covered lake, engaging in ice fishing next to a metallic portable ice shanty. An adult man wearing a dark winter jacket and knit cap kneels near a small tip-up fishing device, while an adult woman in a caramel-brown winter coat and black beanie kneels beside two young children bundled in heavy winter outerwear. A wicker basket and an ice auger lean against the textured metal siding of the shanty. The scene is illuminated by bright natural daylight under a pale blue sky, with distant tree-lined hills visible across the horizon.