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

aware, motivated, yearning, reaching

November 2, 2009

“Whether working with a human figure or a still life, I am deeply aware of my spiritual connection with it. In my life, as in my work, I am motivated by a great yearning for balance and harmony beyond the realm of human experience, reaching for the essence of oneness with the Universe.” – Ruth Bernhard […]

Read the full article →

Fall: both verb and season

October 27, 2009

we fall weather leaf or whether life all returns (click image for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit

Read the full article →

“The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind”

October 23, 2009

returning (always) to the study of wabi sabi wherein the student perceives beauty in the ephemeral, transient, isolated, simple, subdued tranquil, natural, intimate, eternal, melancholic, asymmetrical, earthy, organic, rough, uneven, asperities, spacious, humble, sober, intangible yearning, impermanent, passage of time… (click image for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit

Read the full article →

Contemplate the cycles and seasons of life

October 16, 2009

snow will soon cover the paths walked with Sophia and ice the river from which this mandala emerged her fourth fall my sixty third (click image for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit

Read the full article →

My old Hasselblad 500CM enters the digital age (for a few minutes)

October 10, 2009

Since the release of the Hasselblad CFV 39 back I’ve wondered how it would feel and function. Yesterday Steve Goldsmith, from Calumet, kindly drove 2/3rds of the way, through rain and beastly road construction traffic. A big thank you goes out to Steve. We met in Racine and put the back on my old CM and made […]

Read the full article →

Friday’s flower (for Martin Howard)

October 2, 2009

overcast today, gray, damp, cool, few flowers left, leaves turning on trees shamrock seems sad [family Leguminosae, in particular the lesser yellow trefoil (Trifolium minus)] (click image for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm apo macro elmarit

Read the full article →

Trick kite

October 1, 2009

Last week I stopped at Virmond Park to get my weekly dose of the Great Lake Michigan. There on the bluff I watched a young man attempt to fly a trick kite. The kite had two lines and some serious rigging under it. (click images for larger view) He tried over and over again to create or […]

Read the full article →

Sunday — Global Union 2009: music, dogs, children, dancing

September 22, 2009

Alverno College kicked off its 50th annual Alverno Presents season with Global Union 2009 at Humboldt Park this past weekend. Always a wonderful time and place to enjoy people, music, children, dogs and dancing (additonal images in slideshow). (click image for larger view) (Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron)

Read the full article →

The Look of Young Love (before the check)

September 22, 2009

(click image for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicaron

Read the full article →

Thursday: a day with Sophia

September 19, 2009

Waiting in front of her school (click images for larger view) after stopping at the hardware store and replacing a dowel in the kite the surf, shells and stones held more interest than the kite we traded off winding the kite in the gulls fighting over flying bread made us hungry for chocolate malts and […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →