Diana Haskell

“One of my earliest memories is walking a dog on the beach. I remember feeling the energy running up and down the leash in a circle. I did not know where the animal ended, and I began … and so it went: mushing with sled dogs, touching foreheads with an elephant, sharing grapes with an orangutan, sitting with a family of lemurs, walking in the forest with horses, and deepening my love for the dogs who graced my life. My world was filled with awe and wonder with each animal I encountered. Although I didn’t have the words at the time, what continued to draw me towards  the animals was the great peace I felt while in connection.

Unknowingly, I went on a long detour of earning two master's degrees and climbing the corporate ladder, followed by many years fighting through debilitating neurological Lyme Disease. I lay in bed for months at a time, my world upside down, realizing that my life looked nothing like what I imagined as a young girl who had dreamed of working alongside the animals. Forced into a deep and prolonged stillness, I took the smallest steps towards what fueled me, towards  joy and what really mattered. I began carrying my camera everywhere as I always had, and dove into making art. Through my lens I uncovered my “why” - helping others to feel seen and heard through their connection to their animals.  My path is more than an artistic career born out of a lifelong love of nature, animals and people.  It is a deeply personal path to health, whole-hearted living, and service to others.” Diana H.  

Nationally and internationally exhibited, Diana has been featured in Popular Photography magazine, Psychology Today, NY Lifestyles, The Resident Magazine and most recently featured in Greenwich magazine. She collaborated with The Pierre Hotel in NYC for their guests of distinction as well as Lululemon for the Year of the Dog. Diana  holds an MBA/MSW from Columbia University, and is a licensed social worker, with positions in the  private and not-for-profit sectors.

Diana refurbished an old farmhouse (that used to be a veterinary hospital) in Fairfield, CT 2021 where she lives with her 13 yr old daughter Lucie and their German Shepherd Poodle mix,  Luka S. Longlegs.