Living in the Flow

Silver Creek, Ebbett’s Pass, California, May 15, 2025

One thing becomes clear when given the gift of time in the mountains:

Life doesn’t make mistakes.

Photographic art elevates the experience of being alive and makes a lasting impression on all who see it.

Cameraless Botanic Studies

Artist's Blog: Robert Buelteman
A History of the Crystal Springs Watershed at Odd Fellows Lodge in Half Moon Bay
A History of the Crystal Springs Watershed at Odd Fellows Lodge in Half Moon Bay
The Unseen Peninsula: An Artist’s Talk by Robert Buelteman
The Unseen Peninsula: An Artist’s Talk by Robert Buelteman

Town of Crystal Springs by Carleton Watkins (1878)

Revisiting “The Unseen Peninsula” with Robert Buelteman at the Atherton Public Library on Thursday May 1st
Revisiting “The Unseen Peninsula” with Robert Buelteman at the Atherton Public Library on Thursday May 1st

Montara Mountain (1986)

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Force of Nature - WIRED Magazine

Forget the notion of a reverent nature photographer tiptoeing through the woods . . . Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, firber-optics and 80,000 volts of electricity.

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PUNCH Magazine

“Buelteman is the only artist doing this kind of work - creating his photos by hand and making his own prints, with no digital enhancements and no retouching.”

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American Art Collector

“It’s my hope in some tiny way, people will see my work and their world will shift for it. They’ll wonder what world might be locked in the capillaries of those leaves.”

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Testimonials

“Buelteman’s artwork allows us to bring the serenity and beauty of the natural world inside where and when it is needed most.”

Kaiser Hospital, Redwood City, California

“I want to thank you for breaking through to the other side and taking us with you.”

From my friend the late Barry Lopez regarding my book Eighteen Days in June

“Your book has become a companion, one that can sustain long slow looking and yield pleasure after pleasure each time.”

From Sandra Lopez regarding my book The Unseen Peninsula

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