Cecely Sterling-Maisel

Series

Light and Shadow

2026 · 8 photographs

Public interiors, and the people passing through.

A figure descending a pale curved staircase, a grid of window shadow falling across the wall behind.
A small figure in white crossing a shallow reflecting pool, framed by the deep shadow of a concrete colonnade.A silhouetted figure before a vast illuminated stained-glass globe, continents glowing red and blue.A figure descending a pale curved staircase, a grid of window shadow falling across the wall behind.A cloud-like sculptural form above a curved interior balcony, sunlight raking across pale walls.A lone figure in a wide-brimmed hat walks away down a dim corridor hung floor to ceiling with framed photographs, lit only by skylights overhead.A glass office facade at an angle, one side mirroring blue sky, clouds, a tree and a neighboring tower, the other revealing a lit interior with a small table and chairs.Looking up at a dark glass and stone building where two silhouetted figures stand at a railing against a bright, cloud-filled window.Grid of deep-set concrete window bays on a modernist facade lit gold by low sun, with a pigeon in flight casting a sharp shadow on the wall.