Julia Albrecht

NO MEN’S LAND

The work floats between examining sociological, psychological, and gender-scientific research and an intensive preoccupation with personal experiences. It constantly draws from a profound curiosity for humanitarian issues and cultural phenomenons. It tells the story of struggles, failures, and successes during the journey.

Working with personal experience allows the project to emerge from memory. This is like a clinical process from an autobiographical reflection, requiring a close look to abstract it again. The way it is presented lets the viewer take a new look at the subject matter through uncertainty and find their memories again. Emotions will be aroused, through which further questions will open up.

Julia Albrecht

Julia Albrecht is a German-born fine art photographer. Her work examines the link between sociological and gender-scientific research and an intensive preoccupation with personal experiences. It constantly draws from a profound curiosity for humanitarian issues and cultural phenomenons. Her body of work touches the realms of life's paradoxical. Through the camera, she vividly tries to reach the mind and explore the depths of life and its' emotions. According to her, these topics are just everyday things we all have to get through. Her focus points oscillate between pain and joy, between letting life take one and taking life in. Her works stem from what she could run into growing up in a small village in eastern Germany: from everyday life matters like the horses, the hay, the scrapyard of her dad with hands full of motor oil, and rainbow reflections in a small corner to more dire local issues. These roots continuously influence her work, as does her love for Art, Psychology, Biology, and Gender Studies.