JCC alumna Janelle Lynch, whose large-format photographs are featured in Luminous Landscapes, an exhibition on display in JCC’s Weeks Gallery January 30-March 19, will outline her work during a special program at noon on January 31.
The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the gallery.
During the program, Lynch will discuss her 20-year career and the ideas and artistic and literary influences that have informed her creative process.
Lynch is based in New York City and teaches at the International Center of Photography. Her work is collected and exhibited internationally and has been the subject of three monographs published by Radius Books.
After graduating from JCC, Lynch studied creative writing at The New School and received a master’s degree in photography from the School of Visual Arts. In her photographic work, she has investigated themes of absence, presence, transcendence, and the life cycle through the landscapes of the U.S., Mexico, and Spain.
Lynch's photographs are in several international collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Her most recent series, Another Way of Looking at Love, is shortlisted for the Prix Pictet 2019, the leading global prize in photography. Another Way of Looking at Love, an outgrowth of Presence, work included in Luminous Landscapes, explores the interconnectedness of all life forms and supports a renewal of human relationships to each other and to the natural and spiritual worlds.
The exhibition also features works by Thomas Annear, Thomas Kegler, and Mikel Wintermantel. The Weeks Gallery, located on the second floor of Sheldon Center, is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.