1. Lynne Cohen was an influential American-Canadian photographer.
12 Facts About Lynne Cohen
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Lynne Cohen studied for a year at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, England.
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Lynne Cohen lived and worked in Canada beginning in 1973, initially in Ottawa, and in Montreal from 2005 until 2014.
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Lynne Cohen taught at several institutions, primarily Eastern Michigan University, Algonquin College, and the University of Ottawa.
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Lynne Cohen died of lung cancer at the age of 69 on May 12,2014, in the palliative care unit at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Lynne Cohen was known for her photographs of empty institutional interiors: living rooms, public halls, retirement homes, laboratories, offices, showrooms, shooting ranges, factories, spas, and military installations.
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Lynne Cohen's work has been published in catalogues such as Occupied Territory and No Man's Land.
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Lynne Cohen's work has been featured in well over 100 solo exhibitions, as well as numerous two- and three-person exhibitions.
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Lynne Cohen was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes for her work.
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In 2005, Lynne Cohen was the recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.
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Lynne Cohen was nominated for the Grange Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 2009.
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Lynne Cohen's work is represented in the collections of over 50 public institutions.