Lynn Geesaman

Lynn Geesaman's many journeys across the Atlantic and to lesser-known destinations on this continent have produced an array of images that enchant, surprise and transport us to places that weave reality and fantasy. Geesaman's foundation as a black and white photographer has nurtured a special relationship with her world of color. In a number of her color photographs there is an obvious reference to a patented composition and aesthetic synonymous with her work in black and white. However, there are others that suggest a purely chromatic experience. The use of color has broadened the range of Lynn Geesaman's photography.

Lynn Geesaman has exhibited widely in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe, including Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris; the American Cultural Center, Brussels; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City; and Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. She is also the recipient of numerous grants and awards such as the Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, the Jerome Foundation's Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant, and the Bernheim Artist Fellowship. Her work was recently acquired by the Fonds National d’art Contemporain in France.

Geesaman has three feature publications, Poetics of Place, featuring fifty-two of her black and white images, Gardenscapes, featuring seventy-one images of her color work, and Hazy Lights and Shadows which features fifty-eight of her black and white images along with an introduction by photographer and art critic Jean-Marc Bodson.

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