julia@juliagunther.com
+31 642256188
currently on Tristan da Cunha

I am a Berlin-born documentary photographer exploring themes of representation, environment, identity, and social activism, often through long-term projects.

My work has been featured in international publications including NPR, The New York Times, Die Zeit, Bloomberg Businessweek, Al Jazeera, TIME, DAZED, and WIRED. I am a Pulitzer Center grantee and an International Women’s Media Foundation Fellow.

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Publications

Personal work

Kunsttraject Amsterdam: IJnimfen outdoor exhibition

A selection of images from my series IJnimfen will be on display from March 4th until May 1st 2026 at the fiets/voetgangertunnels op de J.M. Kemperstraat/Van Limburg Stirumstraat and Van der Hoopstraat/Van Hogendorpplein in Amsterdam.

IJnimfen is part of the art route ‘Women of West’.

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BBC Future Planet

How do you sustainably operate a commercial lobster fishery inside one of the world’s largest marine protected area?

This story, published on BBC Future Planet, and supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Deep Dive Ocean & Fisheries Reporting Grant, explores the relationship between the community of Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, with the ocean that surrounds it, in particular, Jasus Tristani, the Tristan lobster.

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