About me

Hello, I’m an award-winning portrait photographer and I love creating natural, emotionally intelligent portraits of people from all walks of life. I was one of the winners of the Royal Photographic Society’s Portrait of Britain Award in 2024, and have recently finished work on a portrait photo book exploring loneliness, which will be published by The School of Life in late 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 Institute 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

Julia Baker, Portrait of Britain 2024

Orkney Morning, Portrait of Britain 2021