Introduction

Author

My name is Robert C. Lemm¹, born in 1965, and I was given my first camera as a present in 1977. But I was fascinated by photography much earlier².

In the early 1980s, I took over a camera from my father and also experimented with developing photo prints with a friend in the own small laboratory. In the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, I mostly photographed my family and growing children while travelling or at home.

In 2000 I bought my first digital camera and between 2006 and 2022 I regularly worked on projects with musicians³.

Since 2019 I have also been photographing headshots and portraits⁴ as well as private events such as weddings or family celebrations. If you are interested, please contact me.

When I'm not working as a photographer or in the archive, I work as a freelance business consultant⁵.

I only take authentic photographs. So-called artificial intelligence, which goes beyond assisting with image processing and seeks to replace the role of the photographer, is neither intelligent nor helpful to the development of photography as a form of communication.

Expressionist

What does the title of this page mean? I have been using the synonym Expressionist ⁶ for my photography for some time now. I want my photos to emphasise a certain expression in the scene captured.

I achieve this by concentrating on the essential elements of my image, which I like to emphasise by working with an open aperture and a correspondingly shallow depth of field. I also avoid using colours - I present my photographs exclusively as monochrome versions.