Born in Berlin in 1979, Julia graduated from the University of the Arts, London, UK, in 2003, with a BA in Film & Video Studies. First based in Berlin, London and now Amsterdam, she worked as a spark on feature films, tv shows and commercials. After a year in Cape Town working for a production company in 2008 she started shifting gears to concentrate solely on photography. From 2008, and aside from her commercial work, Julia has essentially devoted her time to her personal project Proud Women of Africa – a documentation of the lives of women that work and/or live in Africa. Rainbow Girls won the Documentary category Photoworld 2014 presented by the New York Photo Festival, and the LensCulture Exposure Award 2013 in the category Single Image. Published in five languages, Proud Women of Africa was exhibited at many venues throughout the world, including Photoville The Fence 2015 New York, Atlanta & Houston and Photoville 2014 New York, Grid Cape Town Biennial 2015, South Africa, and the Amsterdam Gay Pride 2013, NL. Today we share …
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