George Lottermoser, imagist, photographer, graphic artist, videographer, teacher, student

…our daily bread

October 14, 2014

…came out of the oven at 10 pm last evening From gathering ingredients to mixing and kneading to feeling what the dough wants to become to smelling the dough transform into bread to hearing the finger thump on the crust to photographing to tearing (or slicing) to tasting ’tis one long meditation, involving all the senses a practice, […]

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Friday’s Flowers: down to the wild ones…

October 10, 2014

Leica M, Leitz Microscope Objective

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Jack’s visit…

October 4, 2014

Jack Hernon, my friend, college roommate and a fine artist, flew up from North Carolina to visit his sister; and celebrate her sixtieth birthday with a large family reunion. Jack and I spent Friday together; reminiscing and “catching up.” I took him to the world famous Solly’s Grille for lunch. Even though he spent his first twenty plus years in Wisconsin […]

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Ending an era…

September 29, 2014

When do we actually let go of our past? Why do we hang on to the trappings of our past for so long? Yesterday I strained my body moving the Durst Laborator 184, with CLS 301 color head out of the old Mequon Road House darkroom; with the help of Chad Davis; who drove up […]

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Relishing retro…

September 22, 2014

Yesterday I connected with Tanya, Sophia and Jerome for a bite of lunch, recognition of my b’day, and general story telling and catching up. Sophia and Tanya were quite excited about my b’day gift — which turned out to be a Victorio Flour Mill. Interesting, because I’ve been considering a flour mill attachment for my Champion […]

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Why photograph? Why use black and white? Why use color?

September 17, 2014

We photograph to explore our fascination with reality and all its remarkable, fleeting moments. …because we love light. …to discover how the moment may look when frozen in time. We photograph to remember. To tell a story. To illustrate. To explain. To say, “Look what I saw.” To learn more about “this or that.” To share. To show—as proof. We’re fascinated by, and […]

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This morning…

September 16, 2014

the sun’s warmth burned the dew off the cedar along with the chill left by the night …and a kiss, “have a good day.” and of course the taste of coffee (from Kenya) and sour dough toast (click photograph for larger view) Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph

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Global Union 2014… always a pleasure…

September 15, 2014

a gathering… the accent marking summer’s closing… (click photograph for larger view – see the full collection of from the event here) Leica M Monochrom, various lenses

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Friday’s flowers: The errant snapdragon seed…

September 12, 2014

… found a sweet spot in which to thrive; with gratitude to warmth, rain, and light (click photographs for larger view) then beaten (last night) by wind driven sand as fall delivered its first bitter cold Found within. Filled with bone dry flowers and memories; in dusty frames; the cedar chest left little space for future’s fresh mementos. Leica M Monochrom, 15 mm Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar […]

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For love of the black and white photography of Edward Weston, Minor White and W. Eugene Smith

September 10, 2014

A love that drove me to explore medium and large format photography, since I was fourteen years old, including 4×5, 5×7, 8×10 and even, briefly, 11×14 and 12×20 films; drove me to hundreds of hours of Zone system testing; drove me to mixing all kinds of potions finally settling on Pyro negative staining developers; drove me to […]

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