Accolades

"By combining the craft of a skillful photographer with the latest technological innovations Gerry is able to create remarkably serene and artistic images of bright blue skies and golden beaches that are quintessentially Californian."
Sean Corcoran , Assistant Curator of Photography
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film

"Like a cool summer breeze on the best day of your favorite vacation, Gerry's photography will always put you in a good mood, and keep you there forever."
M.V. Clark, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D. C.

"You have to appreciate the painterly qualities, rich colors and often dreamlike effects Gerry’s images evoke. His subtle interplay of compositional elements creates an atmosphere you can almost inhale, yielding a tantalizing taste of sea air."
Lawrence Padgett, Director, The Center for Fine Art Photography

"Gerry's photographs serve as a window to another world--Southern California at its best with the hot sun and perfect waves--makes us Midwesterners question our sense of place."
Natasha Egan, Associate Director,
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago IL

"Mood is the perfect word for Gerry's captivating landscape photos. They are a sensuous marriage of photographic reality, dreamy color, magic light and surprising circumstance -- places you could easily imagine yourself visiting if only you knew how to get there."
Tim Fitzharris, Popular Photography Magazine

"The perfect day, the perfect beach, the perfect wave -- all the result of photographer Gerry Weintraub 'fine-tuning' what nature gives us. For those who don't live on the Left Coast, these fantasy-enhancing images are enough to set off a serious case of California Dreamin'."
Wm. B. Becker, American Museum of Photography

" Gerry uses a unique blend of the photographic process and traditional artist process, such as paint and color pencils, to create a new form of artwork that transcends the media to create images of mood, light and color."
Lewis Kemper, Outdoor Photographer Magazine

"Gerry's landscape photos are characterized by an intense personal style combined with beautifully artistic pictures"
George Fiotakis, Foto Art Magazine

"All the photos convey a happy, hopeful mood."
e-Digital Photo Magazine*

"Gerry Weintraub brings a freshness of vision to the art of landscape photography. Gerrys' photographs are an inspiration and a visual orgy of natures colours"
Vincent Oliver, British Photographic Critic

"Big blue skies, whispering clouds, and an insatiable appetite for the sea, Gerry tempts us with his vast collection of images. Was he once in show-biz - his images leave his audience crying "more!" "
Ken Windsor, Pixiport Photography Review

"Gerry Weintraub blends photography and art to create the coast of my dreams."
Norman Koren, Photographic Review

"Gerry sees further into a scene than most. Using his artistic skill he shows us another way of seeing what can be a beautiful world, and hence lifts our spirits, one of the purposes of art. In other words we are moved."
David Brims MA FRPS, Fellow, Royal Photographic Society

"While looking at Gerry's images you can feel the warmth of the sun and smell the salt water breezes. They truly capture the mood of the ocean."
Tom Glenn, Director, California Surf Museum

"These works are far from being simply a photo and cross the line between painting and photography breaking new creative ground."
VISION Magazine

"Gerry's coastal images draw you into the beauty, colors, and mood of the ocean!"
Carolyn Goben, Maritime Museum, San Diego CA

"The scenes he's portrayed impart a serene, happy, contented feel to the viewer."
The La Jolla Light

As seen on KUSI Chanel 9 Morning News.

Born under the sign of Pisces, Gerry is naturally drawn to the water. In fact, during his entire life, he's never lived more than four miles from a major body of water! His affinity for the water is easily seen in his Mood Photos and the passion with which he captures the Pacific Ocean and lakes near where he lives in Southern California. Gerry feels he has a personal vision that he wants to share with the world. "I've always loved taking pictures but now technology allows me to do what I want with them, and to expand beyond what is actually seen. What is seen is just a starting place. The technology is just a means to an end vision. It's not about the technology -- the equipment or the software. It's never about the equipment. It's always about the vision I want to share." This vision is the origin of the name Mood Photos. Gerry's goal for each image is to create a mood in the eye of the viewer that gets at the timeless essence of the location he photographs. Gerry's Mood Photos can be seen in art galleries and museum stores as well as specialty stores, gift shops, and major hotel chains throughout Southern California.