MARGUERITE LORIMER, John’s partner in life and business, is EARTHALIVE’s producer - photographer.

Marguerite has gained recognition for her photographic and digital imaging works over the past 10 years. After a fulfilling career in ophthalmology, Marguerite began working with John, photographing and interviewing ceremonial leaders, teachers, medicine people, dancers, artists and children from Native American, African American, European, South American, Asian and African cultures. Marguerite photographed and co-produced a mini-doc about a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche’s views about the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas and the creation of World Peace. She produced a promotional DVD for an Oakland, California innercity art school, a promotional DVD for a 24-year-old Zimbabwe master stone carver, a promotional fundraising DVD for an orphanage in Africa, and an educational DVD for a master drummer from Ghana, West Africa. Marguerite’s photographs of Anna Halprin and the Sea Ranch Dance Collective were exhibited in a collaborative exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France, in Spring 2006.

MARGUERITE LORIMER, Producer
photographer, digital artist

CO-CREATOR, CO-PRODUCER  AND PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE FOLLOWING DVDs:

“ARTESTEEM”:  students in Oakland, California, celebrate their artistic accomplishments and successes, and share their hopes for the future.

“THE BUDDHA PROJECT”:  a mini doc featuring a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche’s views about interdependent origination, the global impact of the destruction of the giant 1200 year old twin Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, and solutions for the rebuilding of world peace.

“KOKOMON”:  a master drummer from Ghana demonstrates meditative drumming as an effective tool for healing and peace, and the building of community.

“TAFURA”:  a master Shona stone carver from Zimbabwe discusses his culture and demonstrates the ancient art of his ancestors.

“ORPHANS OF TAMALE”:  story of an orphanage in Northern Ghana, West Africa, and the children who are brought there to survive.