Jude Mooney

I am happiest when I am making my art, taking pictures. I spend many sleepless nights making pictures in my head,
imagining the photos. Of course the beauty in making photos is they never turn out how you imagine them.
I strive to make beautiful, natural looking images. Light is very important to me and shadow is equally important.
There’s really only a few minutes of perfect sunlight each day, the rest of the time we work in the shade or backlight everything.

I would describe my pictures as timeless, sensuous, earthy and moody. Early photographers have a tremendous impact on my vision.
Edward Steichen, Julia Margaret Cameron, Bellocq, Annie Brigman.

I see portraiture as the study of human expression.