The interplay between formal composition and the mutability of light haunts and colors the land Lynn Geesaman details in The Poetics of Place, her first book. She photographs landscapes that mankind has shaped over the centuries according to cherished ideas of what nature should be-natural places that have been reordered by industry. An eloquent Introduction by esteemed writer Jamaica Kincaid examines the history of the formal garden and offers a new perspective on the relationship of man to his environs.
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[Poetics of Place] is not to be missed by gardeners or photographers. -- The New York Times Book Review, Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Lynn Geesaman's work is in numerous collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A book that you'll read many times, seeing something new in,
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This review is from: Poetics of Place: Photographs by Lynn Geesaman (Hardcover)
Black & white images of gardens from around the world. Some gardens well know, some not, but all captured in a style only this photographer brings to the world. A book that deserves to be placed where everyone can see and look through it. A book that you'll read many times, seeing something new in each photograph every time.
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Get the book if you can't see her work in person,
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I have this book-got it at her exhibit a few years ago here in Chicago. Her photographic style is of a dreamlike quality, and while her exact method of producing her photos remains a secret, the results are breathtaking. If you can't get to one of her shows, then at least buy the book - it makes you want to escape to these lovely garden settings. One of the better scenic photographers I've seen in a while.
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