Held in the Light

In Held in the Light, Nina Fuller presents a series of photographs shaped by attentiveness—to light as it moves through a barn, across wool, and along the quiet geometry of fences, doors, and pasture. Her compositions are spare and deliberate, often structured around a single gesture or moment of stillness: a sheep pausing mid-step, a head turned toward the light, a body emerging from shadow. Natural light is not merely illumination here but an active presence, softening edges, carving form, and lending each image a sense of calm suspension.

The sheep themselves become distinct characters within these scenes—curious, grounded, alert, and unguarded. Fuller photographs them not as symbols but as individuals, allowing posture, proximity, and gaze to carry emotional weight. Wool becomes texture and landscape; repetition becomes rhythm; silence becomes space. The resulting images feel both intimate and timeless, rooted in rural Maine yet untethered from any specific moment. Through careful composition and restraint, Fuller invites viewers into a slowed way of seeing—one where light, presence, and quiet observation shape the experience as much as subject matter itself.