Lynne Buchanan began photographing rivers to create artistic records of her connection with water and the lessons she learned from rivers about being in the present moment and aligning with the flow of life. Yet, the more time she spent photographing waterways, the more she noticed what was being lost due to human impact. Lynne felt the health of our waterways was an issue that had to be addressed, especially for the sake of the creatures and life forms existing within fragile riparian ecosystems. She also saw what happens to water upstream impacts people and ecosystems downstream. The importance of place became a focus, as she observed protected watersheds and wild riparian banks are healthier than waterways within developed areas that are often subject to point source pollution and altered flow. An important goal of her work became to work with water and environmental advocates in Florida and around the country and to connect their efforts through a more unified vision that acknowledges how water issues do not stop at borders of municipalities or even states. Though her work is very place specific, it also acknowledges the interconnected and global nature of our environmental problems. She has also explored water issues in Iceland and Patagonia and it is always on her mind wherever she goes.
The photographs of award-winning artist Lynne Buchanan have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions including the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, The Griffin Museum in Winchester, Massachusetts, the Providence Center for Photographic Arts in Providence, Rhode Island, the Brickworks Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, The Mattie Kelly Fine and Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, The Lighthouse Art Center Museum in Tequesta, the Fogartyville Arts and Media Center in Sarasota, the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, the Gainesville Fine Arts Association in Gainesville, and Santa Fe College in Gainesville. She will be one of five featured photographers in an exhibit in Albuquerque, New Mexico this summer entitled “Landscapes of Life and Death.”
Lynne holds an M. A. in art history/museum studies from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a B. A. in art history from New College in Sarasota, Florida. She also earned an M. A. in creative writing from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She pens a blog that features her photographs and environmental writing.
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