REFLECTION ON ISOLATION, 2020

• Prize
  Shortlist
• Photographer
  Julia Fullerton-Batten, United Kingdom
• Date of Photograph
  June 2020
• Category
  Europe
• Image Location
  United Kingdom
• Socials
• Website
  http://juliafullerton-batten.com

Covid-19 came. Life changed. Probably irrevocably. Couldn’t stand around helpless. I decided to document the new daily existence of millions. I advertised my idea on social media and through my local paper in West London. The response was enormous. We made contact, arranged details of location, clothing, face-mask and set a date and time; guaranteed no physical contact. Every three days or so for the past several weeks I have photographed people at home in self-isolation during the evening twilight. Imprisoned in their home, they gaze forlornly out of their window onto a desolate world outside

• Biography
  Hyper-realism and cinematic are characteristic descriptions of Julia Fullerton-Batten’s images. They are often set in unexpectedly surreal settings with dramatic lighting, communicating simultaneously both tension and mystery. Since becoming a professional photographer in 2005 she has accomplished 13 major projects .
• Awards
  Winner, Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie, 2007 Winner, Hasselblad Master in Fine Art, 2008 11th International de la Photographie de Mode, Cannes, 2013 National Portrait Gallery,Taylor Wessing Awards, "Harajuka, Tokyo, 2013", Aug.2013 Sony World Photography Awards, professional shortlist, KOREA, EVERLAND, 2015 11th Pollux Awards, “The Father Thames”, March 2018. 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Oct.Barcelona, 2018 American Photography 34, Winner, “Swan Uppers”, March 2018 LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards, ‘Old Father Thames’, Finalist, 2019 American Photography 35 Selected Winner “Immersion of Durga Idol’, from Old Father Thames Project, 2019 American Photography open 2019, Finalist, “Tower Bridge”, Sept. 2019 Aesthetica Art Prize, ‘1814 Frost Fair’ publication Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now, Dec. 2019