Nudes nominee

This series challenges conventional perceptions by presenting the human body as an unfamiliar art object. Each photograph showcases the body in an unexpected way, transcending the familiar. With creative compositions and intriguing angles, the images transform the body into a captivating work of art. This series prompts viewers to question preconceived notions and biases surrounding nudity. It encourages a shift in perspective, encouraging individuals to see beyond societal taboos and embrace the beauty and vulnerability of the human form.

Julia is a Ukrainian-born Swiss-based freelance fine art photographer. After 15 years in international marketing, she changed her career for photography in 2014 becoming a travel and portrait photographer.

Julia’s photographic core started to shake in 2021 with the travel ban during the COVID-19. It got nearly crushed in 2022 with the beginning of war in Ukraine. Collapse of her previous world and life brought her to contemporary art photography that she only starts to explore. In search of ways to understand the events around her and her own place in them, Julia started working with longer-term research projects.

LATEST EXHIBITIONS

2024
• Solo exhibition of "UNCORNERED" series, Stadtbibliotek city library, Luzern, Switzerland

2023
• Solo exhibition during the "We love Ukraine" festival, series "UNCORNERED", Nidau, Switzerland
• Helsinki Photo Festival 2023 - Courage, series "UNCORNERED"
• Solo exhibition of "UNCORNERED" series, Kornhaus city library and Folks Hoch Schule, Bern, Switzerland
• Rotterdam Photo - Exhibition 2023 - Freedom Redefined, series "UNCORNERED"
• ImageNation Paris Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York

2022
• Tokyo International Foto Awards Winners' Exhibition, Shibuya Center, Tokyo and House of Lucie, Budapest
• ImageNation Paris Exhibition, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris