Bio
- Born in Cleveland in 1938
- Originally studying physics at Wellesley College, she was introduced to photography.
- Interest in travel and gardens lead her to travel to England, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany.
- Received the Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship and the Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award
- Geesaman's monograph, Poetics of Place, was published by Umbrage Editions in 1998.
Her Work
- "Lynn Geesaman's images of elaborate topiary gardens, canals, and dramatic landscapes employ unusual diffusion techniques that emphasize an imaginative and psychological interpretation of nature."- Robert Koch Gallery
- "Her shimmering images continue to invite the viewer into a dream world where the imagination runs free."-Robert Koch Gallery
- "Throughout here career, Geesaman has been preoccupied with one primary subject - the classical garden or cultivated landscape. For her, these places represent a human desire to find, amid the chaos of the environment, a reasoned order and a mathematical beauty of natural form. Building upon this approach, she turns her garden views into romanticized settings with a nostalgic look to the past. Well versed in the history of photography, her work reflects the early fascination of turn-of-the-century pictorialist views of the mysteries of nature. The contemplative sentiment that pervades Geesaman's work is gretly due to a sophisticated printing technique. The use of a greenish-sepia toned paper supports her romantic vision. In addition, she filters the negative during enlargement, achieving an image of softened detail and blurred appearance. This is also a direct reference to a Pictorial sensibility." [Therese Mulligan, 12/1999]
Interview
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