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 create authentic photos. So-called artificial intelligence, which goes beyond supporting image processing and is intended to replace the role of the photographer, is neither intelligent nor helpful for the further 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.