It all starts with horses, doesn't it? For me the love of horses started when I was 5 years old. And it has never left me. Even though for many years I had no direct contact with horses I couldn't pass a trailer on the road without looking to see what is in it. I bought leather goods, just for the smell that reminded me of barns and tack stalls.
 
I have always had some kind of a camera in my hands, I did not come to take photography seriously until partway into my adulthood when I was given my first 35mm camera for graduation. From then on I saw myself in the images I caught in the viewfinder. I was living in New York City in the late 1980's, working in custom photo labs and then for a fine art reproduction photographer. Under his tutelage I was able to learn about the art of "seeing", using film and of course the camera. I spent a great deal of time photographing the buildings I found around me. Peeling paint, shadows of fire escapes. The textures, light, geometry of the city absorbed me. I found I was greatly influenced by the works of the many modernist photographers, painters and sculptors who were exhibited in the museums and galleries around Manhattan.
 
As time went on I decided to return to school to work on my Masters Degree.  has a Masters program that is purely studio work. It was at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan where I honed my skills and developed the art of communicating through my photography. At the same time my interest in photographing horses developed. From thereon, I have combined my love of horses with my need to communicate through my artwork.
 
Even in this age of hi-tech digital SLR's, I still work in 35mm (film) and primarily in B&W. I do my own hand-printing in my basement darkroom.  Now, working with horses and these living testimonials to nature's architecture I am bringing my wealth of knowledge to the equine world. I call myself a Fine Artist, working in the medium of photography and with horses as my primary subject matter. I welcome the opportunity for commissions, both commercial and private. My work has been shown at various juried exhibitions internationally and throughout the United States as well as being published in Equine Art and many other equine art/horse magazines.
 
You can see more of Juliet's work at her website at www.lechevalthehorse.com.