Julia Fullerton Batten was born in Bremen, Germany in 1970 and has lived and worked in the UK since 1986. She studied at Berkshire College of Art & Design and has worked as a professional photographer since 2001. Her fine art photography is internationally respected and exhibited and she has won countless awards worldwide, has published two books, is a Hasselblad Ambassador and a frequent speaker at international workshops and a juror of international photography competitions. She features in permanent collections at the National Portrait Gallery, Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne and the Parliamentary Art Collection, Houses of Parliament.
Julia Fullerton-Batten is known for her highly cinematic visual storytelling and her large-scale projects are based around specific themes. Each image in a project embellishes her subject matter in a series of thought-provoking narrative ‘stories’ using staged tableaux and sophisticated lighting techniques. Julia’s use of unusual locations, highly creative settings and street-cast models, accented with cinematic lighting, are hallmarks of her style. She insinuates visual tensions in her images and imbues them with a mystique that teases the viewer into continually re-examining the picture; something new coming to the fore each time.