Lily Madeleine Colman is a film-based photographer from Philadelphia, PA. She works in (mainly film) photography, video, installation and the creation of photo-objects (through embroidery and alternative processes, primarily using the Cyanotype process). She has been teaching at Mercer County Community College for three years, and has also taught at Rowan University, Rowan College of Burlington County, and Union County Community College, all located in New Jersey.
Before starting her Masters program at RISD (completed May, 2020), she worked as a Photography Assistant at David Zwirner Gallery in New York. Previously, she worked as a Teaching Assistant at the International Center of Photography School and as an assistant to photographers Chris Verene, Jen Davis, Chris Payne and Neal Slavin.
While at RISD, Lily designed and taught her own course, titled “The Intimate Portrait: Through an ‘Outsider’s’ Lens.”