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Lynn Geesaman: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lynn Geesaman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1938. She graduated from Wellesley College and began her photography career in 1970 with a series of photographs she took of her children. This led to a photographic project on identical twins separated at birth; Geesaman herself is a twin. By the 1980s, she began to photograph structured landscapes, while at the same time perfecting the printing technique that distinguishes her work.

Geesaman quickly gained national recognitions for her striking black and white photographs. Void of people, her images reveal the solitude and refinement found in nature. Her pictures vibrate with light; these are quiet places where our only disturbance is the occasional rustle of leaves, or the sounds of our own thoughts.

Gardens and landscapes in Europe and the United States have been the subjects of her photographs for the past fifteen years. Geesaman photographs during daylight hours, when the sun catches the tip of the leaves . New to her work is the use of brilliant color; whether working in color or black and white, these scenes of solitude invite the viewer to walk around, without any distractions or reservations.

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