Jaida Sinclair
10/08/10
periods 1,4&,7
10/08/10
periods 1,4&,7
Photographer biography and research
While researching a photographer that inspires my photography, I came across Lynn Geessman. Geessaman’s photography resembles that of 19th century photographers like,Francis Frith, yet hers indicates that there is a magical, yet curious world about nature.Born in Cleveland in 1938, Geessaman was introduced to photography while studying physics at Wellesley college. Because of her fondness in gardens,Geessaman started researching and traveling to photograph gardens in England, France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany. Among many honors that Gessaman has received are the Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship and the Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award and a Jerome Foundation award in 1989. Geessman’s photography, accentuates places such as english gardens, or other beautiful landscapes.Her photographs, not only capture the solidtary beauty of the landscape, yet provides for a deeper significance. For instance, in one of Gessaman’s photos, she photographs a garden, in which the bushes conspire together to form the shape of a cross. Gessaman not only captures the beauty of nature, but captures what it stands for. Gessamans photos, not only inspire beauty, but capture a romantic take within it. Her photographs of gardens also stand for how humans attempt to order the natural world, containing it’s wild beauty for only it’s visitors to see. Because of the success of Gessamans works, she has been exhibited in several museum exhibitions. Geessamans work can be seen in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of art, the Art institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Biblioteque National in Paris, and among many private collections. Geessamans photography inspires me because, the whole theme of my images is to capture the natural world, and how it contributes to the everyday lives of mankind.In hopes that people will realize the beauty within the things that we use everyday, yet take for granted.In my images, I hope to inspire a connection between mankind and the natural world.That’s why I feel like I can relate to Geessaman’s images because her images stand for what I am trying to convey.
