One of the most popular forms of entertainment in Georgian London was boxing, or pugilism, as it was also called. There was also an underground female boxing scene in Georgian London, where women fought each other for fame, fortune, or survival. One of the reasons why some women chose to box was to settle personal disputes or conflicts with other women. These disputes could be over money, property, reputation, or love. They also used boxing as a means of challenging the norms and expectations of their society, which often limited or oppressed them because of their gender.
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
