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Introduction

Author

My name is Robert C. Lemm. In 1977, I received my first camera as a gift. Since then, photography has been an important part of my life.

My journey moved into the digital realm in 2000, and from 2006 to 2022 I immersed myself in creative projects with musicians1. Since 2019, I have also been capturing headshots, portraits2, and private events such as weddings and family celebrations.

My work focuses on reducing a scene to its most expressive moment. Therefore, I very often use an open aperture for a shallow depth of field and present my images in black and white3 so that form, light, and emotion can speak for themselves.

When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls. (Ted Grant - *1929 †2020)

  1. This also resulted in some publications in magazines and newspapers such as Goodtimes, Bluesnews, Gitarre & Bass, Focus and Süddeutsche Zeitung and in the context of CD and DVD productions. ↩

  2. Link to my portrait site ↩

  3. My cameras are set to black and white for photography. However, the digital negatives are in colour so that I also have colour versions if required. So occasionally you can see colour pictures here and at flickr.  ↩