Meetings - November 1, 2007

Jill Lynne - Photographer

For over forty years the unique photographic imagery of JILL Lynne, a multi-generational New Yorker, based in NYC's Greenwich Village, has been exhibited, collected, and published internationally - with over forty solo exhibitions, representation in important group shows, museums and prestigious private collections.

Lynne was recently awarded with a coveted Artists Grant from the New York Foundation For The Arts for being an "important artist and vital to the community". Currently, Lynne is working on two photography book projects, "X Posed: From The Chic To The Sleazy; A Decade 1975-1985" (digitally enhanced portraits of the nite-life scene}, and "Natura Viva, Natura Morta" (environmental images with poetry}.

Lynne’s Photography has appeared in world-wide publications such as NEWSWEEK, ROLLING STONE, the NEW YORKER, the NEW YORK TIMES. Lynne’s Art delves into the surreal world of fantasy while making strong statements about women's roles, the environment, and other socio-political issues. Her imagery explores the evolution of lifestyle, nite-life, the art world, fashion, chic society, underground culture, diverse sub-cultures, flora, fauna, and the equestrian world. Lynne’s environmental work includes photography and advocacy for the Hudson River Park Conservancy. In addition, for three decades she has turned her camera to the flora and fauna of South Florida, with a special emphasis on the disappearing habitat of the Everglades. With a background also in arts education, and administration, Cornell Capa handpicked Lynne for the first faculty at the International Center of Photography. Lynne has served as a member of the faculty at Rutgers's University, and Parsons/the New School. Lynne has received grants from the New York State Council On The Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and IBM. Lynne regularly gives guest workshops and lectures as well as curating exhibitions in design and the arts. Lynne has served on many charitable benefit committees as well as producing dozens of consciousness and fund-raising events for such charities as the Red Cross, the Nature Conservancy, Gods Love We Deliver and WNET/Channel Thirteen.