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A silent observation of the vegetation and animals in the woods around Sligo Creek, arousing what is not directly perceptible to the senses.

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During her contemplative walks, Lynn Alleva Lilley (US) began to observe and photograph the many small details in the woods around Sligo Creek. The shimmering winter light, the tiny curling tendrils of a climber, the dry grasses in winter, the fresh green in spring. In her silent movement, she also met the deer, the birds, the cicada, the snake, the turtle and many more characters that inhabit this piece of land along the creek. Lilley manages to arouse what is not directly perceptible to the senses. We connect to the vegetation and animals, not as the ‘superior’ human, but as part of the ecosystem that is The Nest.

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During her contemplative walks, Lynn Alleva Lilley (US) began to observe and photograph the many small details in the woods around Sligo Creek. The shimmering winter light, the tiny curling tendrils of a climber, the dry grasses in winter, the fresh green in spring. In her silent movement, she also met the deer, the birds, the cicada, the snake, the turtle and many more characters that inhabit this piece of land along the creek. Lilley manages to arouse what is not directly perceptible to the senses. We connect to the vegetation and animals, not as the ‘superior’ human, but as part of the ecosystem that is The Nest.

Biografie

Lynn Alleva Lilley is an American photographer born in Washington, DC and currently living in Silver Spring, MD. At the core of her photographic work is connection with place and nature. She has a particular interest in the photobook as a uniquely intimate way of presenting her photographs. Her first photobook, Tender Mint, includes photographs made in Jordan (2011-2014) which embody loss, grief, and surprising, otherworldly beauty. The photographs in her photobook, Deep Time (Spring 2019), present the mysterious life and world of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Lynn began as a self-taught photographer over 25 years ago and later studied with photographer Terri Weifenbach in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

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