Julia Hovve is a photographer and artist from London. Initially studying Fine Art, she chose to move to Berlin to work and study using photography as her medium. Her work explores themes of intimacy,ย gender perception and the dream state. Her current work weighs heavilyย on elements ofย human natureย and who we are underneath the layers ofย society.
Here is her artist statement:
I love the simplicity ofย a portrait, and how it can tell so much about the subject, and the person who is taking the photograph, as well as the viewer. It can tell of a whole social group, or of a culture on the fringes of โlarger societyโ. I enjoy documenting people who care aboutย freedom. People who express a total devotion to freedom through how they dress, speak, act, how they live. The camera has an on going love of people who donโt play by theย rules. I want to document this because I feel that if I do not, who will? And its too beautiful to miss. Who will remember this tribe of people where everything outside is forgotten, the moments where the rest of life doesnโt matter, and where the pressures of the world we live in refuse to exist. I want to be part of the alternative narrativeย that existsย since the beginningย of photography. All these moments captured โ whether sublimely self destructive or wildly nihilistic-ย โthe otherโ. The people that society refuses to accept,ย or refusal to adhere to the rules. Hw tragic it would beย not to remember youth, and all the freedom that comes with it. I want to give voiceย to peopleย and scenes that could otherwise be forgotten.ย In the end all that is left is the photograph, in this heartbeat of a life we get given.
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find her on instagram @julia.hovve
