Where The Spirits Got Stuck

For six years, I photographed objects and interiors while preparing houses for estate sales. As I pieced each home back together, the sheer number of houses blurred into a single blueprint. The large-format camera allowed anomalies and the unexpected to reveal themselves—light blinding rather than clarifying. The images became a conduit between me and these strangers, as I let the unseen guide the work. ——— Claire Daly is a photographer based in Urbana, Illinois. She was a 2024 participant in Alec Soth’s Workshop from Home, a 2025 Fellow at Lesley University’s Low Residency in Visual Arts Summer Program, and a 2024/2025 recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Grant. Her current project is a part of Penumbra Foundation’s 2026 Long Term Program: The Photobook. https://www.c-daly.com/ ——— Edition: 100 Page Count: 28 Dimensions: 5.5”x 8.5” Format: Saddle Stitch / Zine ISBN: 978-1-962415-14-9