JULIA CASSOU IS A PHOTOGRAPHER, AN AWARD-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER, AND DIRECTOR WITH A PASSION FOR CAPTURING ADVENTURE IN THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE LANDSCAPES.

 

 

ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH WEST FRANCE, A FLATLAND WITH NO MOUNTAINS, HER WORK HAS TAKEN HER ON BOLD EXPEDITIONS SAILING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, CAPTURING FIRST ASCENTS IN GREENLAND, NAVIGATING GLACIERS AND TECHNICAL ROCK FACES IN PATAGONIA AND PAKISTAN. SHE HAS BUILT A CAREER CAPTURING RAW, HUMAN MOMENTS IN SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS.

 

JULIA HAS PHOTOGRAPHED SOME OF THE BEST CLIMBERS OF OUR TIME, LIKE THE SMALLEST THINGS IN NATURE. HER CAMERA TOOK HER TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, AND SHE IS GRADUALLY BECOMING A MAJOR FIGURE IN CLIMBING AND ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY. SHE TELLS THROUGH HER IMAGES, STORIES, AND SLICES OF LIFE. BULIMIC OF VERTICAL ADVENTURES OF ALL KINDS, SHE TRIES TO MIX ALL PRACTICES: MOUNTAINEERING, ICE CLIMBING, MULTI-PITCH, BOULDERING, SPORT CLIMBING, BUT SHE DEFINITELY HAS A SWEET TOOTH FOR REMOTE BIG WALL FREE CLIMBING. BEHIND HER CAMERA SHE OBSERVES, FROM CLIMBERS SHE DRAWS PORTRAITS AND IMMORTALIZES EMOTIONS.

 

"AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, I’VE ALWAYS HAD A CAMERA IN MY HAND, FIRST EXPERIENCING IT AS A CHILD, GRABBING MY FATHER’S CAMERA AS OFTEN AS I COULD AND SPENDING HOURS IN THE DARK ROOM DEVELOPING MY PICTURES. IT ALWAYS FELT NATURAL TO TAKE THE CAMERA AND UNLEASH MY CHILD’S CREATIVITY ON MY SURROUNDINGS, FINDING THE LINES, THE COLORS, THE TEXTURES, AND ALL I COULD GRASP. SEEING MY EVERYDAY LIFE FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE AND BEING ABLE TO TRANSFORM WHAT IS REAL INTO WHAT I REALLY SEE. REVEALING TO OTHER PEOPLE THE WAY I OBSERVE LIFE, THAT IS FOR ME, PHOTOGRAPHY. IT IS MY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS."

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