Lynn Stern Photographs

21 archival inkjet pigment prints; edition of 6 plus 2 artist’s proofs; sizes variable from 32” x 29” to 34” x 43”

Spectator was created during the same time frame as Doppelgänger, and it features the same veiled skull, sometimes in combination with one or two painted dark skulls. But in this series I added a large circular form; placed behind the scrim, it is sometimes cropped and sometimes seen in full with a kind of halo-like effect. Usually ominous, occasionally radiant, the black circle looms or hovers constantly behind the skulls, which seem oblivious to its presence.