BIOGRAPHY
More than 20 years ago, Lilyan began exploring her passion for black and white photography. The studio and the darkroom were her school for independent learning. The focus was portraiture and children’s photography. This was the springboard for the creation of her specialty studio, “Childlife Photography.”
After working with children and families for several years, Lilyan’s interest expanded to include teaching visual literacy to students ages 10 through 18. Her work found favor in both private and public education as well as a meaningful role in Special Education.
As a fine artist, Lilyan’s personal work continued to evolve in its photographic intent as well as in its methodology. Regardless of the camera format or whether the image is color, black and white, digital or analog, Lilyan is never too far from her roots in traditional photography. Her world is about discovery, composition and fine tuned camerawork.
“The magic of photography is in the viewfinder and in the moment of visual recognition; in the seeing of a subject as only a photographer can at the moment she or he takes the photograph. In this small rectangle (viewfinder) a microcosm is gathered. The elements that are assembled in the frame while informed by the subject are drawn together by my intuition when the shutter is released.”
In recent years Lilyan’s photographic interest has expanded to include landscape, cityscape and architecture. “Billscape” and its offshoot, “Deconstruction” are a product of her ongoing interest in the relationship between urban landscape and commerce.
Lilyan’s work has received much recognition through exhibition and juried competition as well as public and private acquisition. “Deconstruction” was last exhibited in 2009 at OK Harris Works of Art in Soho. In 2010 Lilyan received a Fellowship from the Aaron Siskind Foundation for her outstanding work in the “Billscape” series.
