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About Lynn

Baltimore City  

Following graduation with a BFA in photography, Lynn moved to Australia in 1975.  She fell in love with the country’s vast inland desert landscape.  After spending all her life in an urban environment, it was a challenge to depict a space extending over thousands of miles that defied traditional pictorial conventions.  Photographs of this landscape was the subject of her first one-person exhibition, Horizons (1981), at the National Gallery… more

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At Home in the City (work in progress)

The interior of our homes reveals a lot about us as individuals.  However, most houses share a common blueprint in the way the interior is partitioned into living rooms, dining areas, kitchens, and bedrooms. Using animated black and white digital photographs and sound, the video shows an imaginary home that is comprised of many houses and apartments in Baltimore.  This film depict ordinary lamps that reveal intimate parts of rooms and close ups of objects.  The sound tract is composed from audio recordings generated by the light and electromagnetic fields unique to each light source
  • DSCF7460 Basement.jpg
    DSCF7460 Basement.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF6336 Brushes.jpg
    DSCF6336 Brushes.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF6381 Socks.jpg
    DSCF6381 Socks.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF6302 Globe.jpg
    DSCF6302 Globe.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF6749 Sofa with Cat.jpg
    DSCF6749 Sofa with Cat.jpg
    Digital film still from At the Home in the City
  • DSCF6622 Dining Room.jpg
    DSCF6622 Dining Room.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF6306 Computer Screen.jpg
    DSCF6306 Computer Screen.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF7597 Wedding Photograph.jpg
    DSCF7597 Wedding Photograph.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF7563 Bedroom with Painting.jpg
    DSCF7563 Bedroom with Painting.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
  • DSCF7568 Bedroom with Pillow.jpg
    DSCF7568 Bedroom with Pillow.jpg
    Digital film still from At Home in the City
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    • Lifelines, 1994-2019

    The conveyance of energy is a fundamental concern in Lifelines, my ongoing series of photographs depicting electric cords.  Some of the cables have been repaired many times.  I am struck by the effort to ensure the flow of electricity before the objects are re-wired and the old cords finally thrown away.

    At least one of the cables shown in the image powers the light source that illuminates the scene.  Like the activity of drawing which employs line and shading, the cable may change its identity from a crisp line to a faint trace as if it was a ray, wave, particle, halo or flare of light.  The narrative aspect of the cord’s trajectory and the use of everyday materials impart a palpable quality to the light.  My rendering of the cord is a way of giving life to light.

    • Lifeline 94.47.12
      Lifeline 94.47.12

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Landscape after the Battle (Lifeline 17.01.08)
      Landscape after the Battle (Lifeline 17.01.08)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Warning (Lifeline 09.19.05)
      Warning (Lifeline 09.19.05)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Lifelines 09.10.12
      Lifelines 09.10.12

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Lifeline 06.18.06
      Lifeline 06.18.06

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2 inches

    • Crossing the Desert (Lifeline 10.11.07)
      Crossing the Desert (Lifeline 10.11.07)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Hold On (Lifeline 18.03.08)
      Hold On (Lifeline 18.03.08)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2 inches

    • Let Go (Lifeline 18.05.05)
      Let Go (Lifeline 18.05.05)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2 inches

    • Below the Surface (Lifeline 06.26.02)
      Below the Surface (Lifeline 06.26.02)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

    • Soldier On (Lifeline 19.08.09)
      Soldier On (Lifeline 19.08.09)

      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23 inches

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    • Light Props

    The metal material used in the construction of the posts and bases, springs, and screws  for supporting the light source is the subject of this series, which contrast the faint flare, sharp horizon or flicker of light emanating from the bulb.
    • Light Prop 04.4.11.jpg
      Light Prop 04.4.11.jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2"
    • Light Prop 92.9.12 (from Interior Light).jpg
      Light Prop 92.9.12 (from Interior Light).jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2"
    • Light Prop 96.18.11.jpg
      Light Prop 96.18.11.jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 23 x 18 1/2"
    • Light Props 05.42.06.jpg
      Light Props 05.42.06.jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23"
    • Light Props 12.17.08.jpg
      Light Props 12.17.08.jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23"
    • Light Props 12.16.09.jpg
      Light Props 12.16.09.jpg
      Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23"
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    • Exhale, 2012-Present

    This photograph depicts the flare from several lights illuminating the edge of a surface.  For me, the image toggles between being a landscape or still life.
    • Exhale 12.04.11
      Exhale 12.04.11
      2012, Black and white gelatin silver print from medium format negative, 18 1/2 x 23"
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    Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Comet)

    1997-2018

    This photograph features two adjacent images taken on the same strip of film.  On the left side, the flare from a lamp reacts to the shutter's movement.  The succeeding photograph on the right tracks a comet and stars moving through the night sky.  In addition to combining radically different spaces, I want to make the light more physically present.
    • Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Comet).jpg
      Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Comet).jpg
      Black and white archival pigment print from medium format negative, 24 x 39"
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    Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Moon)

    1997-2018

    This photograph features two adjacent images taken on the same strip of film. On the left side, the flare from a lamp spills over into the space between adjacent frames. The succeeding photograph on the right depicts a half moon in the night sky. In addition to combining radically different spaces, I want to make the light more physically present.
    • Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Moon).jpg
      Between Two Fronts (Lamp and Moon).jpg
      Black and white archival pigment print from medium format negative, 24 x 33"
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