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

The seeing eye

February 3, 2009

Last evening I read from “Imogen Cunningham, Ideas without end” by Richard Lorenz; and again just before going to lunch with my friend, David White. These readings, and looking at her photographs, inspired me to write in my journal, “…intend to see more and deeper.” “You have to have it in you first, you don’t learn it. […]

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Time slice and tear

January 31, 2009

melting away under the hand of time a tear no longer able to distinguish between joy and sorrow (click image for larger view)

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How to survive the economic slowdown

January 29, 2009

Here’s what people say to do to survive this current economic slowdown: Market Budget Sharpen Position Increase Exposure Self promotion – All the time Develop New Business Deliver on promise of Client-centered organization Manifest polite behavior Exceed client’s expectations Sustain positive attitude Keep Calm See the glass as half full Be flexible Never take the work for […]

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Photography is not… or what is photography?

January 23, 2009

“Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances is it anything ever anywhere near a beach.” – Walker Evans – American Photography, 1984, 23 – 24. [“EW:100 – Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston”, “Carmel: Beneficial to Bohemia” p. 48, Untitled 41, The Friends of Photography, Carmel, California […]

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Inspiration: Morning. A new day. The first day of a new era. Waiting for Barack Obama to deliver his inaugural address.

January 20, 2009

“Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for anyone but to inspire them?” — Bob Dylan (click image for larger view)

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what do you look at? why?

January 7, 2009

“I’m looking for things I’ve never seen before.” — Robert Mapplethorpe “Constantly ask yourself, ‘what the heck would what I’m looking at look like framed, still, two-dimensional, in black and white?’ If the search for an answer gets your heart pumping, makes your throat dry and you become kind of gooey inside, it’s love. Don’t fight […]

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auld lang syne

December 31, 2008

times gone by (click images for larger view) and those to come NOW between history and mystery may the New Year — 2009 — bring a shift in consciousness, however subtle, toward non-violent, genuine communication and compassionate understanding

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Images held within us

December 30, 2008

“You cannot carry nature with you, but you carry images of nature. When you go out to make a picture you find you are moved by something which is in agreement with an image you already held within yourself.” — Frederick Sommer yesterday: attached the 400 mm f:6.8 Telyt to the Visoflex and M8 for the […]

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May your holiday be rich with friends and family

December 24, 2008

(please click the image for a larger view)

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Christmas = Children singing

December 18, 2008

“Adventure is not only measured in kilometers. Strong emotions are not only found in front of the Parthenon. Emotion, if you are worthy of it, will be felt before the smile of a child returning home with his school books, a tulip in a vase touched by a ray of sunlight, or the face of […]

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