Libby Beall Goff

          Libby Beall Goff’s photographs combine a refreshing mix of everyday humor, societal reflection and spiritual hope.  Through her compelling images, Libby gently urges viewers to reflect on their values, their beliefs and their passions, to see the world for what it is, while also hoping for what it will become

With 20 years of experience in traditional black and white photography, Libby has been published in magazines, coffee table books, music videos, and documentary films. Her work was most recently printed in the New England Journal of Medicine, Spring 2006.  Libby’s photographs have been exhibited in twelve selected exhibitions, 42 private collections, and many related commercial projects.

          During 20 years of experience with travel, humanity, life, nature, and motherhood, Libby has created an extensive repertoire of photographic negatives.  Her style may best be described as “lifestyle” photography.  Her images range from the Lower 9th ward in New Orleans to orphans in Haiti, from European culture to Southwestern landscapes, from childhood innocence to the power of nature, from aloof cowboys on horseback to quirky and embarrassing moments in time, story telling. 

          The technique Libby uses is the old-fashioned, time-intensive, traditional photographic technique, which, she believes, is the most authentic form of black and white photography. She prints all of her works on fiber-based paper, museum-quality paper.  For select pieces, Libby uses Giclée printing (high resolution prints on archival quality paper) and hand-tinting, hand-painting, and hand-sketching with charcoal and ink.

          Libby plans to continue creating art, raising children and exploring the most significant themes of life, love and human connection.  Her dream is to create art that will quietly resonate in the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life – from children in the streets of Haiti to business and community leaders in the beautiful homes of Dallas, Texas. 

          Libby devotes a great deal of her personal and professional resources to The Dallas-Haiti Project, a non-profit organization that supports women and children in impoverished areas.  In addition to serving as President, Libby donates a large percentage of sales from her work to the organization.  She hopes that her art conveys the DHP motto, that the hopes, prayers and dreams of all mankind are universally the same.

Written by Marna Wolford