Welcome to
my world
I'm Juliet Lofaro, a portrait photographer native to the Hudson Valley. A third-generation picture maker, I was trained on film sets and at NYU Tisch, with early years shooting portraits and headshots in New York's downtown art scene.
My style comes from that set experience: work fast, read people quickly, build rapport in the moments that count. Every shoot is built around the same goal: I intend to create a space where you're comfortable enough to let your guard down and be yourself while being photographed.
I have a studio on Mill Hill Road in Woodstock, and I am living across the River in Red Hook, NY. Greig Farm is a favorite location for my outdoor sessions.
This is how I think about portrait photography:
It’s the job of the portrait photographer
to identify which part of the subject’s psyche is most emotionally available and to connect to it.
A photograph is the document of that connection.
Some people, celebrities especially, carry their psyche on the outside; it’s their special magnetism and it makes them easy to connect with photographically.
Most of the rest of us, however, profit from working with a photographer who is especially adept at uncovering our own inherent magnetism.