Rhode island-based photographer and visual artist, Julia Averett Buteux, integrates the incongruous, bringing her poor vision to the art of photography. With little concern for hard, clean edges, she adapts to a variety of photographic styles through camera techniques and post-processing. Her projects focus on the planet and the conscious /unconscious human behavior on it, differing in scope as each viewpoint beckons its own language. Her work has been shown at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, the PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Hungary and the Southeast Center for Photography in Greenville, South Carolina, among other venues.

 

Buteux practiced architecture for twenty years before turning to photography full time. Well-versed in computer-aided design, she enthusiastically embraced digital photo editing techniques and their potential to wield complex magic. Although no longer in the construction industry, Buteux still considers herself a builder of things. 

 

Buteux is a graduate of Hamilton College, Columbia University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She now lives in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.