About
Julia is a visual artist & photographer born in Germany but raised globally with a background in photography and the performing arts.
Since completing her Masters in Photojournalism/ Documentary Photography at London College of Communication in 2012, Julia has had her work featured in publications such as the BBC and Aesthetica Magazine and has taken part in various exhibitions & festivals worldwide. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards and most recently got an honourable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Award in 2022.
She is drawn to questioning society's relationship to the evolution of media and its effect on culture and our individual and collective identity. Through her process she seeks to unveil a deeper meaning and symbolism while creating a space for connection and healing. Julia expresses her findings in a form of conceptual concepts, collective observations, self-portraiture and portraiture, using a variety of processes.
Julia currently resides in Paris, France.
Awards & Features
2022 - 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award- Honorable mention //Self portrait through women seen by women - Professional category
2021- Sony World Photography Awards // Creative shortlist 'Becoming in Isolation'
2020 - Gold award in 'Portraiture/Self-Portraiture // Prix de la Photographie Paris
2020 -Creatives in Quarantine// GettyImages Grant recipient
2020 - 'Portraits in Isolation' // Aesthetica Magazine June/July print edition
2020 - 'Becoming in Isolation' // The Eye of Photography
2020 - 'Dressing up in Isolation' // BBC
2018 - 'press, copy' // LIGHT magazine Featured Photographer in print Fall 'Wisdom' issue
2015- Finalist, Hong Kong's Best Emerging Photographers DRKRMS Media
2013 - Finalist, The Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition
Talks
2015 - PechaKucha Hong Kong, 'Connecting Clicks'
Exhibitions
2021 - Open Walls Arles, Then & Now group exhibition -Galerie Huit Arles, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
2020 - Becoming in Isolation for 'We Stay Home' group exhibit //Huangshan(Yixian) International Photography Exhibition, China
2020 - Self-portrait for Deitta, Myanmar Deitta, Myanmar
2015 - Group Exhibition, DINE ART, Hong Kong, China
2015 - SLIDELUCK HK II, The White Loft, Hong Kong, China
2015 - Shining a light into the darkrooms of Hong Kong DRKRMS finalist exhibition, Soho189, Hong Kong, China
2013/2014 - Village Youth, Royal Photographic Society Touring International Print Exhibition, U.K.
2013 - Hong Kong Perspectives, Brickhouse, Hong Kong, China
2012/2013 - It used to be, "IT IS WHAT IT WAS" Final Show, London College of Communication, London U.K.
Location
Currently based in Paris, France.
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