
aleya lehmann bench
photography
bio
I am a painter, turned photographer over the past four or five years. I studied painting at Boston University and then moved to NYC after finishing a graduate degree in painting as well at American University. I continued to paint for several years after arriving in NYC, with the work becoming increasingly monochromatic. I transitioned to black and white photography and feel the work is still about “seeing.” The images selected for the portfolios trace my steps around an interior – either my father’s home in Delaware, or my husband’s family home in the UK, for example – or as I explore an abandoned interior, or create a still life setting. I have shown my paintings and photography in NYC from time to time, was awarded a Penny McCall grant, and have been a resident at the MacDowell Colony several times.