PHOTOGRAPHY

Valerie Shaff has been passionate about capturing the profound physical presence of animals through photography since 1992. She had no idea at the time that her obsessive experimentation with analog sepia toned portraits of farm animals would develop into an entire new genre of animal-based art. She is widely regarded not only as the creator of the sepia-toned animal photography – but also as one of the most sought-after personal animal portraiture photographers in the world including personal animal photographer to Martha Stewart & Ralph Lauren. Valerie’s emotional intention and technical innovation has been to bring the animals into the rooms with us in the most visceral, impactful way possible – like they are really right there with us.