Rose-Lynn Fisher (born 1955) is a Los Angeles–based American photographer known for her series Bee[1][2] and The Topography of Tears.[3]
Rose-Lynn Fisher | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Otis Art Institute University of California Los Angeles University of California Santa Cruz |
| Known for | microphotography |
Personal life
editFisher was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1955. She studied at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California, receiving her BFA in 1978; she also studied at UCLA and UCSC.[4][5] She was trained as a painter. She lives in Los Angeles.
Work
editFisher's interests have included microphotography, using both a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and an optical microscope; also aerial photography, photographic research in Morocco, and mixed media painting including geometric patterns and collage.
While studying at Otis Art Institute, Fisher began to focus on geometric patterns and sacred geometry (geometry found in sacred art and architecture).[4] Her fascination with geometric patterns has led her to explore them throughout her career. Through her work with SEMs and bees, she began to focus on hexagons.[4]
Fisher's use of SEMs for photographing bees[4][6] has touched on the disciplines of art and science. She compiled her photographs into the book Bee (2010).[7]
In 2008 Fisher began to photograph tears with an optical microscope,[8] for her book The Topography of Tears (2017). She sampled over a hundred, varying from "onion" tears to a variety of emotional tears.[8][9]
Publications
editPublications by Fisher
edit- Bee. New York: Princeton Architectural Press: 2010. ISBN 1616890762. With a foreword by Verlyn Klinkenborg.
- The Topography of Tears. New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1942658283. With forewords by William Frey II and Ann Lauterbach.
Publications with contributions by Fisher
edit- Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles. New York: Metropolis Books, 2015. ISBN 9781938922732. Edited by Jane Brown and Marla Hamburg Kennedy. With an introduction by David Ulin and a foreword by Ed Ruscha
- Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2017. By Heather Swan. ISBN 978-0-271-07741-3.
Solo exhibition
edit- Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006.[10]
References
edit- ^ Stromberg, Joseph. "The Microscopic Structures of Dried Human Tears". Smithsonian. Smithsonian. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Walsh, Bryan (8 August 2013). "The Bee, Magnified: Microscopic Photography by Rose-Lynn Fisher". Time (magazine). Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Slide Show: The Topography of Tears". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d Risch, Conor. "The Secret Life of Bees." Photo District News 30.5 (2010): 178,178,180,182,184. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.
- ^ Fisher, Rose-Lynn. "Info" (curriculum vitae). Fisher's website. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Stromberg, Joseph. "What Does a Bee Look like When It's Magnified 3000 Times?". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ Fisher, Rose-Lynn (2010). Bee (1st ed.). Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1616890766.
- ^ a b Fisher, Rose-Lynn (2013). "Topography of Tears". Rose-Lynn Fisher. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ Stromberg, Joseph. "The Microscopic Structures of Dried Human Tears". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Liminal Spaces: Photographs of Morocco by Rose-Lynn Fisher". Fowler Museum. UCLA. Retrieved 23 October 2017.