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October Spotlight: Lynn Marshall, Department of Visual Arts

How and when did you first become interested in your field of study?
I began drawing and painting as a child.

What made you decide to pursue a career in higher education?
My father was my greatest influence. He stressed education during a
time when the opportunity was limited to African Americans. He felt
that education, both academically and socially, insured a greater
understanding of onesself and those who share our planet.

Why did you choose to be a part of the academic community at Emory?
I like to think that sometimes we wind up in places that choose us as
opposed to the opposite.

What do you enjoy about teaching the students of Emory?

I have been very fortunate to have students who are really interested in the
photographic medium. It gives me great pleasure to watch a student
who has only been exposed to photography through movies or other
visual media to see an image come up in the developer. There is
something magic about the process. As students enter the digital
media, I am delighted to see how they choose to use a program such
as Photoshop to explore the world around them and themselves. I
always tell students that photography is probably the first media
that they come to know. The burst of light from the flashbulb
illuminates their entry into the new world and now it is shared
instantly through the internet. That's amazing. What do you like
about the university community? I love books and thoughts and the
sharing of ideas. The university offers an environment for
learning about oneself and about other people. The university
environment can also be a catalyst for change. Education lights the
way for peaceful reconciliation, if we are open to listening to

others

LYNN MARSHALL-LINNEMEIER
Born and reared in Southern Pines, NC in the 1960s, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier often incorporates photography, painting, and writing along with primary source documents in the form of diaries and letters to examine and define historical figures whose presence she finds compelling. She uses these individuals as a vehicle to guide the viewer through the process of “re-imagining” history. Her work often addresses long-standing issues of human rights.
Her images are distinguished by a lyrical approach to text as art and a knowing sense of color as a point of accentuation in altered photographic images. Her work, often requiring extensive research into the history and culture of her subjects, is rich in symbolism and metaphors arresting the attention of the viewer through the layering of illuminating colors and found objects.
A Presidential Scholar and honors graduate of the Atlanta College of Art, Marshall-Linnemeier received an MA Degree in Southern Studies in 2005 from the University of Mississippi. Marshall-Linnemeier has received numerous awards including the Lyndhurst Foundation Young Career Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a Northern Telecom New Works Fellowship. Her determination to study firsthand the cultures of people of color throughout the world resulted in her securing fellowships from Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest-Arts International (New York) that took her to Adelaide, South Australia and the first Fulton County (Georgia) International Residency in Balgowan, South Africa. Her work is held in numerous collections including the High Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Jackson-Hartsfield International Airport. She has appeared on CNN, CNN Pipeline and the Australian Broadcast Corporation and has lectured at numerous universities including Brandeis, Columbia, and the University of Georgia. Stereo Propaganda, a solo exhibition of her work was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in 2006 and received wide acclaim. Marshall-Linnemeier is an adjunct professor of photography at Emory University in Atlanta and is a consultant to many community-based organizations.