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Beth Lilly

Born in 1963, Beth Lilly grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. When she was 10 years old, she tried to run away from home taking with her nothing but an old twin lens Kodak duoflex. Soon after, she discovered classic films, which inspired her to make her own.

She studied film production and screenplay writing at the University of Georgia where she also, took a photography class in her final semester. Accepted into the MFA Photography program at Georgia State University, she graduated in1993 and.went on to serve as Senior Photo Editor and then Director for the Turner Broadcasting photography department until 2002, when she left to concentrate on her own artwork.

Recent exhibits include the Columbus Museum of Art, a solo show at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the "Movers and Shakers" show at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Woodstock Center for Photography, and Vanderbilt University. Her photographic work has been reviewed in Arts Papers and published in The Photo Review and Atlanta Magazine.

Permanent collections include MOCA GA, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Eleanor D Wilson Museum, and the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund.