About me

Hello, I’m a portrait photographer and I love creating natural, emotionally intelligent portraits of people from all walks of life. Shortlisted for the Royal Photographic Society’s Portrait of Britain Award in 2024 and 2021, I was recently commissioned by The School of Life to create a portrait book about loneliness, which will be published in 2025.

The themes of connection and community run through all of my personal projects, from ‘Shielded’, which I carried out in 2021, to my loneliness project, which is ongoing. The experience of photographing another person always offers a joyful nugget of connection, however fleeting, and never ceases to remind me of our shared humanity and vulnerability.

I unwind by photographing things in nature that move me and make me slow down, from birds in flight to waves on a beach, as well as still life.

My career in photography began after completing a professional photography course at the London School of Photography in 2020. Prior to this I spent more than two decades working in international development and sustainability communications. This included 5 years working in the Palestinian West Bank during the 1990s.

Do contact me at julia@juliahawkins.com or 07967 498340.

Orkney Morning, shortlisted for Portrait of Britain 2021