Estuaries and Stars: An Evening with Photographer Lynn Alleva Lilley

An Earth Day Adjacent Program

American photographer Lynn Alleva Lilley talks about capturing images of nature, with special emphasis on her latest work, Estuaries and Stars.

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. 

In 2018, Lynn returned to Silver Spring, MD from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where she lived, and photographed, with her family during 2016-2018. She continues to photograph the woods, streams, wildlife and human engagement in Sligo Creek, her neighborhood park, for a body of work she began in 2014. She is also photographing a body of work on the shores of Lewes Beach in Delaware and nearby Point Comfort. Lynn began as a self-taught photographer over 25 years ago and later studied with photographer Terri Weifenbach in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Her current project is called Estuaries and Stars.

These photos were made on Lewes Beach, Delaware at low tide and nearby in an enclave at the tip (the Point) of Cape Henlopen State Park where the bay meets the ocean. Feelings of "after" permeate the work. Life and death mingle in the tide pools while small, gentle, undulating waves create patterns seen in the night sky as well. Curiosity and mystery guide us as we emerge onto a strangely beautiful, unfamiliar shore.

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