Cecely Sterling-Maisel

Series

People

2026 · 9 photographs

Unposed portraits of strangers and loved ones, caught in passing moments.

A baby sitting on the floor between the legs of wooden chairs and tables, looking up and laughing.
A baby sitting on the floor between the legs of wooden chairs and tables, looking up and laughing.Black and white photograph of a woman crouched on a lodge floor with three small children gathered around her.An older woman with white hair standing on a beach at sunset, eyes closed, the light burning out behind her.A woman standing on a narrow footbridge in dappled woodland, shading her eyes to look out.A gilt mirror in a dim, antique-filled room reflects a person standing at a lace-curtained window, with a brass candelabra in the foreground.A young man holds up a large handheld mirror that reflects both his face and an ornate painted museum ceiling above him.Black and white photo of a man mid-yawn on a park bench, holding a leash, with a long-haired dachshund sitting alertly beside him.A person in dark clerical clothing with a cross stands on a balcony behind an ornate Gothic arcade of carved columns and pointed arches.Two visitors lean on the railing of a Venetian-style arched window in a pink stone courtyard wall, a candlelit red room glowing behind them.