Julia Gunther is a German photo artist who specialises in documentary projects. Her work explores themes of representation, gender, visual identity and social activism, specifically, the role of women in society.
Julia’s work has been featured in international publications such as the New York Times Magazine, TIME, The Independent, NPR, Marie Claire, Dazed and WIRED. Her photography has been exhibited in, amongst others, New York, Washington D.C, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Cologne, Milan, London, Seoul and Amsterdam, and has been selected for exhibitions and festivals around the world.
Her photography has won awards at the Wellcome Photography Prize, The New York Photo Festival, and the LensCulture Exposure Awards, has been shown as part of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition, and has been shortlisted for the Gomma Grant, Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize and Felix Schoeller Photography Award.