How many times this year have we found ourselves with our forehead leaning against the window staring at the world out there, still.  While the streets, schools, museums, trains were getting empty, on this side of the glass, life, though caged, continued to go on. 
And if someone had walked in front of your window and taken a picture of you, what expressions would they have captured? One thing is certain. Surely they would have been very different from those photographed by Julia Fullerton-Batten. 

Born in 1970 in Germany, Julia Fullerton-Batten lived her adolescence in the United States and completed her education in the United Kingdom, where she studied photography at university and where she still lives today. 
After working as an assistant photographer for several years, Julia began her freelance career in 2001, achieving great results from her first jobs. 

In fact, in 2005, the photographer became popular thanks to her series entitled “Teenage Stories“. The shots showing gigantic girls living in a tiny world tell the story of the teenage phase experienced by girls. That time in life when everything changes. 

Over time, then, her style has been refined, becoming more and more sophisticated and unique. The subjects of her shots are ordinary people and the settings are often commonplace, like streets or flats, but the cinematic light and the ever vivid and brilliant tones make the shots almost fantastic. It is like Julia Fullerton-Batten manages to photograph the surreal side of reality. 

This Spring, due to the sanitary emergency, the photographer was forced to postpone her work and, in order not to waste precious time, she decided to create an ambitious project entitled “Looking out from Within“, immortalizing the people of her neighborhood behind the windows.

Julia herself told how she publicized her idea on socials and how the people of West London replied positively and put themselves on the line, agreeing with her on outfits and poses. 

The result? Amazing! 

A series of shots taken at dusk, at the end of another day just like the previous ones, in which melancholy, loneliness and isolation appear in their most terrible beauty. 

Over the past year we have seen so many artists and photographers use their art to tell what is happening, but how Julia Fullerton-Batten did it far surpasses all others. 

Since the photographer began sharing her ‘Looking out from Within‘ shots, she has captured the interest of audiences, galleries and critics alike and is now ready to self-publish a book of 128 of her best shots to create an object that encapsulates the feelings and moods we all experienced during the lockdown.
To support Julia Fullerton-Batten’s book you can participate in her campaign on Kickstarter and if you want to know more visit her website and follow her on Instagram.