Judy Hoffman is a marketing research professional, President of Profile Marketing Research. Her interest in photography began many years ago, during a trip to Russia, where she became enthralled with the texture, pattern, and color of the inner city decaying neighborhoods of Saint Petersburg. She has shown works in juried shows at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, has had a one person show there of photographs she has taken in Peru and recently received a merit award at the annual Infocus juried show. Her work is available via this website and at several self-taught art galleries. She is a serious collector of both Haitian voodoo altar pieces and American self-taught and outsider art. As well, she is President of Art Creation Foundation For Children, an organization which provides arts education and support to children of poverty in Jacmel, Haiti. She lives and works in Palm Beach County, Florida.