Janelle Lynch (born 1969)[1] is an American artist who uses a large-format camera and alternative processes in the discovery of ecological, spiritual, and human connection.

[2][3][4][5][6] Combining portraits and nature imagery, Lynch’s work explores and imagines a world that centers beauty, connection, and empathy as foundational values and healing forces.

It consists of 10 photographs that she made along the Hudson River in Manhattan, and explores impermanence and cultural change through historical urban architecture.

The photographs in the series, Akna (Chiapas, 2006), are portraits of anthropomorphized tree stumps in a nature reserve, which investigate the theme of regeneration.

The resulting year-long project, Presence, uses naturally occurring connections in the landscape to affirm kinships with creative influences and progenitors of the environmental movement.

This three-year project, borne of awe for the power of nature, seeks to inspire connection: to one another, to the planet, and to the generative possibilities of the present moment.

Her first series to combine landscapes, portraits and still lifes, it embodies promise, celebrates resilience, and affirms love during a time of global despair.