Lynn Geesaman
American photographer (1938–2020)
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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]
