Lynn Geesaman

Lynn Geesaman (1938 – February 29, 2020) was an American photographer.[1]

Gessaman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and she attended Wellesley College where she graduated with a degree in physics in 1960.[2][3] Geesaman worked as a middle school math teacher in Minneapolis and began learning photography at age 33.[4]

Geesaman's work included soft-focus photography that was a result of how she processed the prints she made.[2][3] Although she is primarily known for her photographs of European gardens and canals,[5] which she started visiting in 1987,[4] Geesaman was already starting to be known for her photography even before starting to visit European garden.[6] Her work is focused on light, and while originally she worked in black and white her later work adds color.[2][4]

Geesaman was the 1992 Artist in Residence at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.[7] An exhibit of Geesaman's works was held at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles in 2001.[8]

In 2019 an exhibit of her work, Gardens: Aesthetic Intent, was held Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. in Sante Fe.[2]

Geesaman's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[9] the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Ross, Jeana (13 March 2020). "Famed landscape photographer Lynn Geesaman dies at age 81". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Abatemarco, Michael (3 May 2019). "Shutter beauty: The dreamscapes of photographer Lynn Geesaman". Santa Fe New Mexican. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Lynn Geesaman". Art in Embassies – U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Lynn Geesaman – Artist Bio". Catherine Edelman Gallery. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (13 December 1996). "The World Through Women's Lenses". The New York Times. p. 28. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. ^ "News of the Print World: People & Places". The Print Collector's Newsletter. 17 (3): 90–94. 1986. ISSN 0032-8537. JSTOR 24552892 – via JSTOR.
  7. ^ Zeller, Jenny (21 May 2020). "1992 Artist in Residence Lynn Geesaman dies at the age of 81". Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ Myers, Holly (2 February 2001). "Lynn Geesaman, Seemingly at Crossroad, Treads Lightly". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Lynn Geesaman". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Lynn Geesaman". The Art Institute of Chicago. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Damme, Belgium – artist: Geesaman, Lynn". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.


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