Person wearing a blue hat and gray jacket crouching down in a sandy desert with sand dunes and mountains in the background, some small bushes scattered around.

We see with our heARTs not with our eyes.

Diane Lamboley is a contemporary photographer whose work explores the intersection of nature, memory, and emotional landscape through a poetic lens. Her photography is recognized for its quiet intensity, evocative use of color, and painterly sensibility that blurs the line between realism and abstraction. With a strong eye for light and atmosphere, Lamboley creates images that invite reflection and connection, often capturing fleeting moments that speak to something deeper and timeless.

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Lamboley has lived and traveled extensively throughout the western United States and Asia—experiences that have profoundly shaped her artistic perspective. Her camera serves as a tool of observation and meditation, allowing her to explore themes of impermanence, solitude, and the sacredness of the natural world. Whether photographing vast landscapes or intimate details, her images carry a distinct sense of place and emotion.

A hallmark of Lamboley’s work is her masterful use of color. She approaches color as an emotional language—one that can evoke memory, silence, and wonder. Her process often involves spending extended time in nature, observing how light transforms a landscape throughout the day. In post-production, she uses a restrained hand, enhancing hues just enough to mirror the subtle intensity she felt in the moment of capture. Her color choices—whether earthy and muted or vibrant and dreamlike—are always intentional, supporting the mood and narrative of the image without overwhelming it.

Lamboley’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo shows at The Old Orchard Gallery in Webster Groves, Missouri and Illinois Central College in Peoria, Illinois. Her photography has received international acclaim, earning a Gold Award at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and a First Place Award at an exhibition in Hong Kong. She has shown her art at many prestigious galleries in the United States including LA Artcore, Sedona Art Center and Yellowstone Art Museum.

In addition to her exhibition work, Diane Lamboley continues to seek new landscapes and cultural experiences to inform her creative practice. She brings a spirit of curiosity and reverence to her work, producing images that serve as visual meditations on beauty, presence, and transformation.

Diane currently pursues her artistic endeavors from her home in the Midwest where she resides with her husband, Rusty, and Buck the Wonder Dog.

Movement Reveals the Quiet

What you’re seeing, is a threshold. The shadow, the step, the sweep of the wind. They don’t disrupt the stillness. They make space for it. This is how the work begins.

In motion, in pause, in the moment just before understanding.

Diane reveals the extraordinary
within the familiar.

She is drawn to capturing the beauty of nature through her lens.

Each photograph undergoes a digital transformation, inviting viewers into a visual experience where color, shape, and pattern shift perception.

Her work is most frequently printed on aluminum, with each material finish selected to enhance the emotion of the image. Some pieces are printed directly onto silver, amplifying brilliance and luminosity. Others are layered on white-coated aluminum to intensify color. Occasionally, she works with textured aluminum to deepen the mood and add tactile richness.

Every choice, from finish to format, is intentional. The frameless, floating nature of aluminum supports the contemporary quality of her work.

  • WHERE I FIND INSPIRATION:
    Parks— give me parks! It doesn’t matter if it’s Yellowstone, my local neighborhood park, or hiking; anywhere in Nature, I am inspired.

    FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR:
    Spring. There’s just something about the freshness of springtime. New life, new beginnings, and a new way to see the world.

    MY CAMERA EQUIPMENT:
    Canon cameras and lenses. I have several and use them with gusto. They’re banged about and dirty, but they work like a charm.

    SUNRISE OR SUNSET?
    I’m definitely a sunset woman. Some of my best photos have been taken in the golden hour while the sun is slipping away. Bonus points if there are a few clouds to add some interest.

    HOW AND WHEN DID I LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

    I had a summer scholarship to a local university when I was 15. We could only shoot in black and white and were taught how to develop our film. I still see B/W when I am photographing and often don’t even realize the colors until I download my photos. I believe this is why I love to make my photos B/W and then add my own colors.

A smiling woman with short gray hair and glasses sitting at a desk in front of a dark background that reads 'The Journey Women's Impact Network'.
Person hiking on a dirt trail in a desert landscape with mountains, trees, and blue sky in the background.
Woman hiking in a desert landscape, holding a stick and carrying a camera, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses.
An older woman with short gray hair, glasses, and a purple jacket stands outdoors near a body of water, holding a camera, with trees and mountains in the background.
A woman standing in front of a large mural that spells out the word LOVE, with the 'O' replaced by a heart featuring a fleur-de-lis symbol. She is smiling and making a heart shape with her hands.
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