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BIOGRAPHY - CREDITS
Lynn Goldsmith is a multi-awarded portrait photographer whose work has appeared on and between the covers of Life, Newsweek, Time, Rollingstone, Sports Illustrated, People, Elle, Interview, US, Bunte, Paris Match, etc. Her subjects have varied from entertainment personalities to sports stars, from film directors to authors, from the extra-ordinary to the ordinary man on the street. Her forty years of photography have not only been an investigation into the nature of the human spirit, but also into the natural wonders of our planet.
Lynn has been a consistent contributor to the highly acclaimed series of "Day in the Life" of books as well as many other photography collections. Eight of her own photographic books have been published: Bruce Springsteen, The Police, New Kids, Circus Dreams, PhotoDiary, Springsteen: Access All Areas, and Flower. Lynn’s professional achievements are in no way limited within the world of photography. She is the youngest member ever to be inducted into the DGA (Director’s Guild of America). In 1971, she was the director of Joshua Television, the first company to do video magnification for rock groups entertaining at large venues. In 1972, she was a director for the first rock show on network television; ABC’s “In Concert”. In 1973, Lynn directed “We’re An American Band”, the first music documentary to be released as a theatrical short. In the mid-seventies, Lynn stopped her directing to concentrate more fully on photography. The Will Powers album is available on iTunes here: Dancing For Mental Health. Will Powers podcast is also available on itunes with the music videos. You can also visit the Will Powers Website and Will Powers Myspace Page
By the early 80’s Lynn departed from the worlds of both photography and film, to become a recording artist. Under the name Will Powers, she signed with Island Records as the first optic-music artist. Lynn has written songs with recording artists such as Sting, Steve Winwood, Todd Rundgren and Nile Rogers. Her debut album entitled Dancing for Mental Health won critical acclaim and her single, Kissing With Confidence, reached #3 on the British charts. As was her plan, the videos from the album which she produced and directed became more than just commercials for the album. They were used by the United States Department of Labor to inspire unemployed youths, and by the National Marriage Counsel in England. Will Powers’ videos have also been used by Harvard University to help with language instruction, and by other schools throughout the United States, as well as for their individual teaching needs. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased two Will Powers performance pieces for their permanent collection.
Though a Magna Cum Laude graduate from the University of Michigan, with a B.A. in both English and Psychology, Lynn considers herself a self-taught artist and entrepreneur. She was the founder of LGI Photo Agency, an organization which represented the work of over two hundred worldwide photographers. Established in 1976, LGI was one of the first agencies to specialize in servicing celebrity portraiture for editorial usage. LGI was sold in 1997 so that Lynn could more fully concentrate on photography. Lynn's work is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., and the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography.
The wide range of Lynn’s talents, skills and achievements are products of a belief she holds constant: creativity is based on breaking limiting thought patterns.
CREDITS
SOCIETIES
Director’s Guild of America
American Society of Media Photographers
American Federation of Musicians
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
MUSEUMS
Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turner Falls, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
AWARDS - PHOTO
1981 - NPC International
1982 - NPC International
1985 - World Press - Portraiture
1986 - Lucien Clerque Award
1987 - NPC International
1990 - Art Director’s Club - Magazine Editorial for People Magazine’s
Most Beautiful People issue
1991 - Art Director’s Club - Book - 70th National Exhibition Merit Award
for NEW KIDS
1992 - Art Director’s Club - Book - 71st National Exhibition Merit Award
for Circus Dreams
1994 - NPC International
2005 - Photowork '05 - Barrett Art Center - Poughkeepsie, NY
for Tea Cup Dreams
2005 - B&W Spider Awards Vintage 1st Place Winner
AWARDS -VIDEO
1984 - Int’l Television and Film Festival of New York - Gold Medal
1984 - Int’l Television and Film Festival of New York - Silver Medal
1984 - Monitor Award
1984 - ArtExpo NY featured in Electronic Art
1984 - Museum of Modern Art Circulating Video Library
1985 - Int’l Television and Film Festival of New York - Silver Medal
1985 - Houston International Film Festival - Gold Award
1985 - Int’l Television and Film Festival of New York - Silver Medal
EXHIBITIONS - VIDEO
1985 - Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY
1987 - Second Vermont Film Festival
1987 - Magazine Traveling Exhibit - MTV
1988 - New York State Museum - Albany, NY
EXHIBITIONS - PHOTO - SOLO
1994 - Acanthus Gallery, Saugerties, NY
1995 - ICP, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
1995 - The Govinda Gallery, Washington, DC
1996 - The VH-1 Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2000 - Foto Real, Austin, TX
2001 - Celebrites Gallery, Lahaina, HI
2002 - Lynn Goldsmith Gallery, Basalt, CO
2002 - Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 - Photo Forum Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 - David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2003 - Lynn Goldsmith Gallery, Basalt, CO
2005 - Masters Gallery, Denver, CO
EXHIBITIONS - PHOTO - GROUP
1986 - Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY
1988 - People Magazine - US Tour
1989 - Women in Photography International World Tour
1993 - The Polaroid Collection
1996 - The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1996 - Kent Gallery - Domestic Abuse Awareness, New York, NY
1996 - The Photographer’s Gallery, London, England
1996 - Contemporary Prints / Nash Editions, Pacific Ocean Post, CA
1996 - The Cool and The Crazy - Images of Punk
Candace Perich Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1996 - Photographs, Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 - Graham Nash / Nash Editions - Traveling Show
1997 - Seeing Jazz - Smithsonian Institute - Traveling Show
1998 - Images of Rock - 50 Years of Rock and Roll Photography
Magidson Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - Backstage - Serge Sorokko Gallery, New York, NY
2001 - Milk Exhibition, New York, London
2002 - David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2002 - Springsteen - Troubadour of the Highway
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, MI
Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
2002 - Eye Candy
Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, CO
2002 - Kodak Rock Photography Collection - Traveling Show
2003 - Portraits Of Modern Music
Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
2004 - Newark Museum - Group Show
2005 - Barrett Art Center - Poughkeepsie, NY
Judged by Apsara DiQuinzio of the Whitney
2005 - Group Show - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2006 - Group Show - Art of Photography, San Diego, CA
Judged by Arthur Ollman director Museum of Photographic Arts
2006 - PDN Photography Annual Personal Work catagory
2006 - Holden Luntz Gallery - Palm Beach, FL
2006 - "Time On Her Hands" self portrait, Permanent collection Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2007 - Center for Fine Art Photography - "Fantasy and Fantasies" Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
2007 - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - "Representation 2007", San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
2007 - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - "Celebrate Summer", San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
2007 - Director Award "Dancing Marionettes" self portrait, The Center for Fine Art Photography "Fantasy and Fantasies Exhibition" Fort Collins, CO
2007 - 212 gallery - Aspen CO - Rock Mosaic Show
2008 - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - "BeyondRepresentation", San Francisco, CA
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Arles, France
ASMP - Washington, DC
Billboard Convention
VISCOMM - New York, NY
Cape May Photo Workshop - Cape May, NJ
Center for Photography at Woodstock - Woodstock, NY
Rhode Island School of Design
Oklahoma Arts Institute - Stillwater, OK
Santa Fe Photographic Workshop - Santa Fe, NM
The Learning Annex - New York, NY
ICP - International Center of Photography - New York, NY
The Disney Institute - Lake Buena Vista, FL
Wheaton College - Norton, MA
The Photography Club of Long Island - Port Washington, NY
The Hallmark Institute of Photography - Turner Falls, MA
Eddie Adams Workshop - New York, NY
Anderson Ranch - Snowmass, CO
Photo Expo East - New York, NY
Digital Shooters Retreat - Scottsdale, AZ
Digital Landscape Workshop Series - Bryce Canyon, Utah
Digital Landscape Workshop Series - Hilo, HI
Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention - Las Vegas, NV
First Ladies of Photography: A Forum
Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention - Las Vegas, NV
40 Years Behind the Camera
A SELECT LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
America 24/7
New York 24/7
The Story of Kodak
More Reflections on the Meaning of Life
Life and Love - A Book of Embraces
An American Reunion 1993 - The 52nd Presidential Inauguration
RollingStone - The Photographs
RollingStone - The Illustrated History of Rock and Roll
RollingStone - Images of Rock & Roll
RollingStone - The Complete Covers 1967-1997
Halloween
A Day in the Life of America
A Day in the Life of Canada
A Day in the Life of Italy
A Day in the Life of Spain
A Day in the Life of London
A Day in the Life of The National Hockey League
The White T
Life - The First 50 Years, 1936-1986
Life - Century of Change
Seeing Jazz - Artists and Writers on Jazz
Nudes Index 1
Love - A Celebration of Humanity
Graphis Photo Annual 2002
Rolling Stone Book of 1000 covers
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