PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DESIGN
Marguerite’s photographs have appeared in books and publications internationally. Her photographs of American Dance Legend Anna Halprin and short digital film of the Sea Ranch Dance Collective were exhibited in a collaborative retrospective on Anna Halprin at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Click here to see the photographs.
DVD covers, posters, logos, and other designs used in EARTHALIVE productions are created by Marguerite from her photographs and designs. See PRODUCTIONS for samples. Marguerite has also created several websites including www.johnmjohansen.com www.seasonsofsoulfilm.com www.walkingbackwardsfilm.com www.bejeweled-designs.com www.kokomon.us and this one.
Co-founder - producer - director - photographer Marguerite Lorimer has gained international recognition over the past 15 years. After retiring from a fulfilling 30-year career in ophthalmology and ophthalmic (retinal) photography Marguerite began working with John, photographing and interviewing traditional elders, wisdom teachers, ceremonial leaders, dancers, innovators and artists from a diversity of cultures. Over time, she has expanded her skills to include graphic design, website design, grant writing, Final Cut Pro editing, scriptwriting, the speaking of narrations, and the authoring of DVDs.
An active member of her Mount Shasta community, Marguerite has a diversity of interests to which she devotes her time. When not photographing, producing or filming with John, she enjoys being outside in beautiful Northern California, cooking and entertaining, studying marketing, and serving on the Board of Directors for Siskiyou County’s Women in Business Network (WIBN) and the Board of Directors for Jefferson Economic Development Institute (JEDI). A former recipient of JEDI’s excellent business services, Marguerite is thrilled to work with this dynamic Siskiyou County non-profit in a new way. Marguerite also innovated and leads Women in Business Network Support, a twice-monthly support-and-education group for women entrepreneurs in southern Siskiyou County.
FILM WORKS
Marguerite filmed, photographed and co-produced a mini-documentary that was shown during the Dalai Lama’s World Peace Conference in Maimi, Florida, featuring a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche’s unique vision about the creation of world peace after the destruction of the ancient Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
She co-wrote, photographed and has produced co-numerous short educational films, including a DVD about an Oakland, California organization that does international work in the healing of racism; a DVD about a master Shona stone sculptor from Zimbabwe; a promotional fundraising DVD for an orphanage in Africa; an educational DVD for a master drummer and international educator from Ghana, West Africa; and an educational docu-promo for an ecology center. She has also photographed, edited, and produced short promotional videos and DVDs for small businesses.
