Featured Artist:
Lynn Silverman

Lookout 2003-2007: Selected Photographs

"Lookout is a collection of observations into how we live in proximity to other people and nature, and how we strike a balance between our desire for contact, concern for security, and need for privacy. Photographed in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia, each window serves as a point of orientation by the way it frames a variety of situations. Access to the view outside is mediated by the design of the window and any window dressing, such as curtains, blinds, or shutters. The contrast between inside and outside may be seen as a dialogue between private and public spaces, the self and the other. The disposition of the window frame and shade, as well as the presence of any objects in the photograph, further enhances the window's subjective position in relation to the external view.

Most of the photographs employ a minimal amount of detail to evoke a sense of place, which may make the identification of place ambiguous. Such ambiguity plays on the perceived similarity or differences between places."—Lynn Silverman