Found Subjects, Fine Art

Julia Fullerton-Batten is truly an impressive photographer if not for her unique subjects, then for her unmatched stylistic lighting. For her personal work in the field of photography, Julia is gaining massive ground in the fine art community. Her most recent project is a series of images on the teenage girls taken over the past three years.

While earlier images in this series show girls involved in everyday leisure activities at home in the garden at the swimming pool or at the beach, more recent pictures shows subjects in a model village environment, towering above their surroundings. The project aims to capture the lives and feelings of the young girls as they change from relative innocence to a heightened awareness of their adult life.





Another unique thing about Julia is that she selects girls who are not professional models. This is truly remarkable in that it achieves the slight awkwardness in the posture of the subjects which, in turn, enhances the unusual nature of their surroundings. In a quote from the online publication, Lost at E Minor, Julia comments on her use of non professionals:

"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."