Beth Lilly

"Denizens, #11" black & white photography - travel - highway - portrait

2023

This listing is for a framed print. A simple white frame measuring 17 by 23 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW...

This listing is for a framed print. A simple white frame measuring 15 by 20 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW Turner and Paul Gauguin. Atlanta-based photographer Beth Lilly utilizes a variety of photographic styles in her conceptually driven projects that speculate on the interplay of choice, chance and circumstance. Her most recent series, “The Seventh Bardo,” documents interstate-goers, who on their journey from point A to B, seemingly step outside the confines of time and space, getting lost in contemplation and introspection. In Tibetan, the term ‘Bardo’ literally means ‘the space in-between,’ like a liminal space, and usually refers to the state between death and rebirth. She finds a long journey on the interstate to be a kind of bardo, a state rich with opportunity for transformation. The landscapes and the portraits in this series can stand alone, but are intended to relate and inform each other. The landscapes contain both blurred and sharp elements, signaling that these images are not about a specific geographical place but a psychological place. Nondescript features in the landscape repeat themselves endlessly – this is a limbo that extends forever but goes nowhere. Instead, they serve to set the emotional and psychological stage, and foster a sense of a dreamy otherworldliness “We live in a time when individuality is highly praised, and yet many of us have never been so lonely,” states Beth. “Cars travel the interstate side by side, just feet apart, yet the passengers experience complete isolation. Our windowed vehicles create the illusion of privacy and within these small worlds, people tune out the outside world and appear deep in self-reflection or absorbed in the dramas of life playing out within the small world of their car.” Beth’s portraits record these transitional moments of being lost in thought or the brief moment of connection when they curiously look back at her. Beth earned her MFA in Photography from Georgia State...

This listing is for a framed print. A simple white frame measuring 15 by 20 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW...

This listing is for a framed print. A simple white frame measuring 17 by 23 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW...

This listing is for a framed print. Simple white frame measuring 17 by 23 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW T...

This listing is for a framed print. A simple white frame measuring 17 by 23 inches. Edition of 10. Additional sizes available. Beth Lilly is inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, JMW...

Deepika - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 Deepika Padukone in Cannes 2015 Red Carpet, France Cannes Festival, The International Film Festival This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper). The inks used are also known for their longevity. Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity. Archival pigment print available sizes : 40 x 27 cm / 15,75 x 10,63 in - Edition of 10 60 x 40 cm / 23,62 x 15,75 in. - Edition of 5 Laurent Campus...

Antinoe - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2015 - Edition of 10 Asno Egypt during Coptic Revolutions In assignment for ARTE& LE LOUVRE 2012 This is an Archival P...

Deepika - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Deepika Padukone in Cannes 2015 Red Carpet, France Cannes Festival, The International Film Festival This i...

Audrey - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , Edition 2 of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free a...

Michelle - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1997 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was the...

Franci - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1986. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then prin...