About the Work
Juliet
Haas's series Return To The Desert is part of an ongoing project examining abandoned structures
dotting the isolated desert landscape throughout Southern California.
Structures and locations full of energy are archeological artifacts, left behind
by their previous inhabitants.
Juliet has
been traveling these interstate highways to her childhood home from Los Angeles
for more than twenty years and has been
witness to the steady decline and neglect that a deteriorating economy has left
scarred on many of these villages.
Juliet's
imagery foucuses on finding the beauty hiding behind the light, on the edges of
shadow, and it is these isolated moments of dense emotion that inspire her
vision. https://www.juliethaas.studio
About the Artist
Juliet was
raised in the high desert terrain outside Reno, Nevada. She spent her teens
chasing lizards, modeling and playing the Clarinet. In her senior year of High
School she was awarded the American Legion Award and the Momand Music
Scholarship to attend University of Nevada Reno.
In 1988
Juliet relocated to Los Angeles to meet her father and pursue a modeling
career, and it was during her one casting tour through Vienna and Milan that
she first discovered her passion for framing, light, and depth of field. Her
drive became learning to manipulate a camera in such a way that she could
capture what she was seeing.
Juliet
studied the crafts of Architectural Drafting, Construction Technology, Interior
Design and Creative Writing before discovering Black & White Printing in
the traditional darkroom. Juliet lives and works in sunny Southern California.
Her work has been featured in several group exhibitions.
