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Hi,

I am Julia Margarita. I love to be multi creative, to develop ideas and bring them into form. I love to bring joy, to connect, to help and to entertain.

I love being a photographer. I love the colours of nature and all its constantly changing colour schemes. Light fascinates me and how it influences everything arround us, even under water. I am amazed by clowds,  by the colours of the sky, by the mystical mist when the world seems to dissapear and by the smell of the forrest when it just started to rain. 

My education in art (arts and crafts school Vienna), design (masterdegree in design and product management) and acting (state certificate in acting) influences my work and no matter if it’s a painting, a poem, a song, a dance move, a theatre play, a smell, a special connection to a human being, an animal, or a plant, it all influences me as a person and how I see and experience the world.  I try to create and capture special moments for others and myself because they seem so precious.

Always open-minded and eager to experiment, I continuously seek out new materials, techniques, and creative concepts to enhance my craft.

I love being in the water, not just because there are no interuptions by mobile phones. I usually prefer free diving instead of scuba diving for underwater photography. I feel more free and connected. You become weightless, feel infinite and carried.

Underwater photography has changed my habits. Every time I go for a swim at a new spot, I check the visibility. Can I still see my knees, my toes, or even the ground underneath? I also keep asking my friends about it, when they have been anywhere in the water. And it  changed my breathing.

Photography is a medium through which I can express my creativity, ideas, and emotions.

Everyone who looks at my photographs is encouraged to feel their own interpretations, to imbue them with their life views and wisdom. Individual, rich, and diverse.

teriousness of the mist and the feeling of beeing sourounded and carried by water.

 

Exhibitions:

  • BEYOND THE SURFACE | Arles OFF, festival Les Rencontres de la photographie Arles, France, 2024
  • UNDERGROUND | Angewandte Festival, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria, 2024
  • GOLDEN NIGHT | Artboxproject Basel Airport, during ArtBasel, Switzerland, 2024


Finalist: “Descission Break” and “The Encounter” | Berlin Photogrphy Award 2025

Nominated: Picture series “Silence – The Voice of Your Heart” | Prize for Fine Art Photography 2025

Nominated: “Man and the Sea” | Monocrome Photography Award 2025

Published: Photo book ‘Beneath the SURFACE’ 2024 by Petra and Thomas Gerwers

Published: in the German photo magazine Profifoto 7-8.24

Nominated for participation in the Arles OFF at the photo festival Les Rencontres de la photographie Arles, France, 2024

Nominated for the Neptune State Prize 2023 – Environment and Innovation Award for Sustainable Development, Water Projects: Creative Area