ABOUT LYNN
Born in England, Lynn Pearce grew up in a market town in Hampshire surrounded by farming pastures and local fishing ports. Village life was a strong influence in her early years and is still evident in her photographic work today.
Moving to Sydney in 1977 with her family, Lynn worked at various picture framers learning the art of custom picture framing. Within 10 years, Lynn had opened her own framing business -That Framing Place - in Sydney. Over the same period she bought her first camera- a Pentax K1000, and began teaching herself photography. In 1989 Lynn held her first exhibition of colour photographs to a small but appreciative audience at her framing studio. It was the vote of confidence that Lynn needed, marking the beginning of her journey as an exhibiting photographic artist.
From 2000 Lynn expanded her darkroom skills studying fine art silver gelatin printing, eventually setting up her own darkroom.
Then in 2006 Lynn launched her first black and white photography exhibition, Landmarks 2041- a collection of film photographs of Balmain capturing the historical landmarks, terraced houses and parklands of this Harbourside village.
Due to the success of her exhibition, Lynn expanded the Balmain collection to include neighbouring foreshore villages, Rozelle and Lilyfield.
Buoyed by the success of the Village collections, Lynn felt confident she had the material for a photography book dedicated to Balmain. In 2015, A Village on the Harbour Balmain was launched, a testimony to how connected Lynn felt to her community by the local historical research and anecdotal references linking each image within the book.A year later, A Village on the Harbour Rozelle and Lilyfield followed.
In 2016, Lynn decided to relocate her framing business to larger premises, creating a generous space for a gallery and artists studio space for rent. Located in Lilyfield, Lynn launched Gallery503 with a new exhibition of her autochromatic fine art landscapes which she continues to explore and refine as viewed in her portfolio of images.
Three years later in 2019, Lynn closed her framing business to move back to England where she lives and works on the Isle of Wight, continuing on in her profession as a bespoke framer.
Lynn made her solo debut in February 2020 at Quarr Abbey, enjoying great success with her first exhibition on the island fittingly titled ‘Feels Like Home’.
