Today we’d like to introduce you to Juliett Art.
Hi Juliett, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
# The Story of an Artist
For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to art.
I was the child who could disappear into imagination for hours, creating little worlds and stories in my mind. I always knew that I would grow up to be an artist. I simply didn’t yet know what my canvas would be.
Eventually, I found photography.
What began as a fascination with creating beautiful images became something much deeper—a way of seeing the world, telling stories, and preserving moments that would otherwise disappear with time.
I studied photography at Sacramento State University, earning my Bachelor of Arts in Photography. I continued to grow as an artist through studying and training with photographers whose work inspired me, including Yelena Mihailova, Karina Kiel, Igor Podolyan, Anna Giz, Kelly Brown, and Tera Lesher.
But my education as an artist has never really ended.
I believe an artist has to remain curious. I am constantly learning, observing, imagining, and looking for beauty in unexpected places. And I believe the greatest gift I was given is my imagination—the ability to look at something ordinary and see the possibility of something extraordinary.
That is especially true when I photograph children.
**Children are the main characters in my photographs. They are the heroes.**
Every child comes with a different personality, a different imagination, a different way of seeing the world. Some are quiet and observant. Some are fearless and wild. Some are dreamers. Some are little storytellers themselves.
I don’t want to simply pose them and photograph what they look like.
I want to enter their world.
I want to see the way they move, the way they laugh, the expressions they make when they forget the camera is there. I want to capture that little spark that makes them completely themselves.
Sometimes their story becomes a classic portrait. Sometimes it feels like an old painting, a vintage photograph, a fairytale, or a scene from another time. Other times, the most beautiful image is simply a child being a child.
The style may change, but the heart of my work remains the same:
**It is always about them.**
I think that is why I fell so deeply in love with photographing childhood. There is something incredibly beautiful about a person who hasn’t yet learned to hide who they are.
Childhood is fleeting. The little hands eventually become bigger hands. The chubby cheeks disappear. The way they laugh changes. The tiny things parents see every day suddenly become memories.
Photography gives us a way to pause time.
That is what I hope to create for families—not just photographs that are beautiful today, but portraits that become more meaningful as the years pass. Images that a mother or father can look at when their child is grown and still recognize that little person they once held in their arms.
For me, being an artist is not only about creating something beautiful.
It is about **seeing something worth preserving.**
And every time I look through my camera at a child discovering the world, I feel incredibly lucky that this is the story I get to tell.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
### The Art of Creating a Masterpiece
My goal has always been to create portraits that are more than simply beautiful photographs. I want to create images you would keep for a lifetime—the kind you would proudly display in your home, pass down through generations, and one day look at and remember exactly who your child was at that moment.
The kind of portrait that deserves to be called a **masterpiece**.
The word photography comes from the Greek words meaning “drawing with light.” I love that idea because that is exactly how I approach my work. I draw my portraits with light, my camera, and my own personalized artistic vision.
Today, there is a question I hear more and more often: *“Was this created with AI?”*
And I understand why people ask. Technology has changed the visual world so quickly, and today almost anything can be created digitally.
But my answer is simple: **No.**
I have been creating fine art children’s portraits for more than 12 years—long before AI-generated imagery became part of our everyday lives.
What you see in my photographs is real.
The child is real. The expression is real. The laughter is real. The connection between a parent and child is real. The little moments that happen during a session are real.
And that matters deeply to me.
I don’t want to manufacture an emotion that looks beautiful. I want to **capture an emotion that actually happened.**
This is why I have started sharing more behind-the-scenes videos from my sessions. I want people to see what happens beyond the finished portrait—to see the children interacting, laughing, moving, discovering, and creating those emotional moments right in front of my camera.
The final photograph may look like it belongs inside a painting or a fairytale, but the memory behind it truly happened.
That is the magic of photography to me.
AI can create an image, but it cannot give a family the memory of what actually happened that day—the way their child looked at them, the way they laughed, the tiny expression they made, or the feeling of holding that little person at that particular age.
Those are the moments that disappear as children grow.
And those are exactly the moments I want to preserve.
My art begins with imagination, but it is grounded in something real: **real childhood, real connection, real emotion, and real memories.**
Because ultimately, I don’t want to create photographs that simply look like masterpieces.
I want to create photographs that **become family masterpieces.**
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
### How I Create Each Portrait
Every portrait begins long before I pick up my camera.
For each session, I carefully create a world around the child. I select the theme, location, lighting, colors, props, and wardrobe so that every element has a purpose and comes together as one complete piece of artwork.
I have built a large collection of beautiful props, accessories, and carefully selected pieces that allow me to create something different for every child. I also include boutique outfits chosen specifically for your child and matched to the vision of the session.
You don’t have to spend hours searching for the perfect dress, wondering where to go, or trying to figure out how to make everything work together. **I create the vision for you.**
I plan the location.
I style the wardrobe.
I select the props.
I design the atmosphere.
And then, together, we bring the story to life.
My goal is for every session to feel like an experience—not simply a photo appointment.
Whether we create something timeless and elegant, nostalgic and vintage, whimsical and magical, or completely unique to your child, every detail is thoughtfully designed around their personality and the story we want to tell.
And when the session is over, you don’t leave with just a gallery of photographs.
You leave with artwork that captures a moment in your child’s life that can never be repeated.
A memory of who they were at that age.
A portrait you can display in your home.
A keepsake your family can pass down.
Because years from now, the little outfit may be gone, the props may be packed away, and your child will be grown—but the photograph will still be there, bringing you back to that moment.
**That is what I want every session to become: a unique experience today, a treasured memory tomorrow, and a piece of your family’s story for generations to come.**
Do you have any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
### Where My Love of Photography Began
Perhaps my love for photography began before I even realized it.
My parents were photographers, so photography was always part of my childhood. Our family memories weren’t only kept in our minds—they lived inside albums.
I remember spending hours looking through them. While other children might reach for storybooks, I would reach for our family photo albums. I could look through the same photographs again and again, and somehow, every year they became a little more interesting to me.
As I grew older, I began noticing different things in those photographs—the expressions, the light, the composition, the little details, and the emotions captured in a single frame. I wasn’t consciously studying photography at the time, but I believe that is where I began developing my eye.
Those albums taught me something that has stayed with me throughout my life: **photographs have the power to tell stories long after the moment itself is gone.**
Today, when I photograph children, I think about those albums from my own childhood.
I imagine the child I am photographing years from now, sitting with their own children and turning the pages of an album, discovering the little person they once were.
Maybe that is why I don’t see photography as simply creating an image.
I see it as creating the albums of someone’s future memories.
And perhaps, in a way, I am continuing the story that began with my parents and those family albums I loved so much as a child.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.juliettartphotography.com
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