The fascinating work of Julia Fullerton-Batten
“You can shoot only what you believe in. It will not please everyone, and it is worth realizing that varied response is a good thing”
The work of Julia Fullerton-Batten is fascinating. I keep looking at her images and come back again and again, each time discovering something new that I missed before. In the portfolios from personal work to projects to commissioned photography you will find in her style mystery and wonder, images that want to tell a story but that the viewer has to imagine. From here website you can access few pdf from articles in photo-magazines describing her work: Image Magazine, RPS Journal, Photography Monthly, British Journal of Photography.
‘I used to approach unknown people on the streets in London and ask them to take part in my photo shoots. There are so many fascinating faces accompanied with wonderful personalities around. The freshness that street cast models have, has also benefited my work immeasurably. I now don’t have the time to find the amateur models myself. But I hire a producer to source models for me’.
JULIA FULLERTON-BATTEN was born in Germany and grew up in the United States and Germany. When she was sixteen she moved to England. Since then she has travelled extensively throughout the world. These visits provided plenty of picture material as well as an insight into different cultures. After studying Photography she did work experience with Vogue Magazine, London, where she went on some interesting shoots with wellknown fashion photographers. Then came five years of freelance assisting a wide variety of different photographers. At this point she thought it was time to start looking through the camera herself as a professional, she spent two months travelling in Vietnam. She returned to London with some interesting still-live observations; she was fortunate enough to win a number of Awards with these images. These enhanced her marketing efforts and she got her first big comission: to shoot a cigarette campaign in Australia. [via Randall Scott Gallery]
Love the quote from Julia. If we try to be everything to everyone we”ll end up being nothing to nobody. “Creating reactions” means we”re not going to appeal to everyone, and instead of that being a bad thing, it”s what we really want and need…
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Excellent post and selection of quotes. I”d never seen this selection of shots, despite being a huge fan of her sense on mystery, which draws the viewer in to create his or her own stories.
Dear Julia
I like your work very much. May we talk?
John Lovins
Your work is original and exemplary
John Lovins