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- ↑ ""Do We Need Another Movie about Two White Kids in Brooklyn?" DP Ashley Connor on Madeline's Madeline, Shooting Commercials and Diversity". 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Ashley Connor Nominated for Film Independent Spirit Award, Best Cinematography".
- ↑ "30 UNDER 30: ASHLEY CONNOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER". 27 September 2016.
- ↑ ""We Have to Make a Creepy Movie in These Woods": Director Josephine Decker and DP Ashley Connor". 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ashley Connor - SXSW Key Speaker".
- ↑ "Cinematography masterclass with Ashley Connor and Catherine Lutes: Lockdown Film School #2". 10 May 2020.
- ↑ "Get To Know: Ashley".
- ↑ "GET TO KNOW ASHLEY CONNOR, THE CINEMATOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURES WOMEN AS THEY ARE".
