Lynn Geesaman Explained

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] Geesaman worked as a middle school math teacher in Minneapolis and began learning photography at age 33.^[3]

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

Geesaman was the 1992 Artist in Residence at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.^[6] An exhibit of Geesaman's works was held at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles in 2001.^[7]

In 2019 an exhibit of her work, Gardens: Aesthetic Intent, was held Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. in Sante Fe.^[8]

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ross . Jeana . 13 March 2020 . Famed landscape photographer Lynn Geesaman dies at age 81 . registration . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200331033334/https://www.startribune.com/famed-photographer-lynn-geesaman-created-magic-landscapes-in-her-edina-basement/568790482/ . 31 March 2020 . 25 January 2023 . Star Tribune.
2. Web site: Lynn Geesaman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208133101/https://art.state.gov/personnel/lynn_geesaman/ . 8 December 2022 . 25 January 2023 . Art in Embassies – U.S. Department of State . en-US.
3. Web site: Lynn Geesaman – Artist Bio . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629042515/https://www.edelmangallery.com/artists/artists/g-n/lynn-geesaman.html . 29 June 2022 . 25 January 2023 . Catherine Edelman Gallery . en.
4. News: Smith . Roberta . 13 December 1996 . The World Through Women's Lenses . en-US . 28 . . live . registration . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135810/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/13/arts/the-world-through-women-s-lenses.html . 6 March 2017 . 0362-4331.
5. 1986 . News of the Print World: People & Places . The Print Collector's Newsletter . 17 . 3 . 90–94 . 0032-8537 . 24552892 . JSTOR.
6. Web site: Zeller . Jenny . 21 May 2020 . 1992 Artist in Residence Lynn Geesaman dies at the age of 81 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002001143/https://bernheim.org/1992-artist-in-residence-lynn-geesaman-dies-at-the-age-of-81/ . 2 October 2022 . 25 January 2022 . . en-US.
7. Web site: Myers . Holly . 2 February 2001 . Lynn Geesaman, Seemingly at Crossroad, Treads Lightly . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126014256/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-02-ca-20330-story.html . 26 January 2023 . 25 January 2023 . . en-US.
8. Web site: Abatemarco . Michael . 3 May 2019 . Shutter beauty: The dreamscapes of photographer Lynn Geesaman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508024137/https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/shutter-beauty-the-dreamscapes-of-photographer-lynn-geesaman/article_b50c7634-0550-581e-9dba-f89a3f8f1515.html . 8 May 2019 . 25 January 2023 . Santa Fe New Mexican . en.
9. Web site: Lynn Geesaman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408030733/https://www.whitney.org/artists/11513 . 8 April 2019 . 8 April 2019 . Whitney Museum of American Art.
10. Web site: Lynn Geesaman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408092133/https://www.artic.edu/artists/44964/lynn-geesaman . 8 April 2019 . 25 January 2023 . . en.
11. Web site: Damme, Belgium – artist: Geesaman, Lynn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801080154/http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Geesaman%2C+Lynn&record=3 . 1 August 2017 . 8 April 2019 . Museum of Contemporary Photography.