Présentation de l'artiste

Lou Mora

Lou Mora is a fine art photographer whose work explores presence, memory, and the quiet tension between the natural and the constructed. With over two decades of experience behind the camera, his practice is rooted in a thoughtful approach to visual storytelling one that blends formal rigor with a deep reverence for intuition and observation. Drawing on a background in commercial photography, his fine art work is marked by a precise use of light, space, and atmosphere. Lou Mora’s photographs have been exhibited in galleries, featured in publications, and collected both privately and publicly. Based in Ojai, California, he continues to create bodies of work that reflect a life in close conversation with nostalgia, presence and the unexpected emotions found in constant observation.

Artist statement

I photograph to understand the quiet space between seeing and feeling. My work often begins with a moment of stillness a fragment of light, a shape repeating in nature, a gesture that feels both fleeting and eternal. These moments serve as portals into something more interior: memory, awareness, and the emotional undercurrent of the everyday. My images are grounded in a desire to simplify, to strip away distraction, and to invite the viewer into a state of looking that is slower, more attentive. I’m drawn to the idea that the most powerful truths in life often go unnoticed unless we’re willing to stop and listen. Photography allows me to do just that to listen, to wait, and to respond. While my visual language is quiet, it is intentional. Each frame is a conversation between composition and emotion, between design and the unknown. The work is not about spectacle it’s about presence. It asks the viewer to linger, to consider, and perhaps to remember something of their own.