Artist's Statement:

As a photographer my aim is to create that sort of image which has always affected me most: images that challenge preconceptions and stereotypes and that have the potential to open the eyes to the possibility that there are ways of living in the world that may be different from the familiar, but are none-the-less viable or possibly even inspirational.

As a child I wanted to be an anthropologist when I grew up. In college I double majored in anthropology and art history. To me photography is a natural combination of these interests. One of the most rewarding things about what I do is the entrée photography gives me to the lives of all kinds of people. Whether I'm having a discussion with a Massachusetts politician or enjoying the hospitality of a battered woman in New Delhi, I know photography has brought me to that place.

About the Artist:

Linda Haas is a freelance photographer and photography teacher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Brandeis University where she studied Anthropology and Fine Arts. She went on to study photography at the New England School of Photography, where she has also taught. She presently teaches at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Linda's work has appeared in such diverse publications as Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Guardian (UK), Ms. Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Boston Magazine, The Brandeis Review, Boston Business Journal, the Boston Phoenix, The Tab, The Boston Parents Paper, The Christian Science Monitor and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She was the photography editor of Boston based Glue Magazine and Sojourner.

A partial list of her clients includes Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern University, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The United Way, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Huntington Theater Company, AT&T Wireless, The Massachusetts Rehabiliation Commission and the MSPCA.