Julia Fullerton-Batten (b. 1970) is a German-born British photographer whose staged images explore the tensions beneath everyday life. Her narratives draw on personal memories, historical accounts, and other people’s experiences, considering how identity is shaped by family, social expectations, and circumstances beyond individual control.

Adolescence and relationships between mothers and daughters have been important subjects in her work. She approaches these through moments of uncertainty and emotional distance, giving familiar situations an unsettling quality. Across her wider practice, she is drawn to lives and experiences that complicate conventional ideas of normality.

Through carefully directed performances, cinematic lighting, and unexpected shifts in scale, Fullerton-Batten turns these stories into scenes suspended between reality and fiction. Each photograph suggests a larger narrative while leaving its resolution open, inviting viewers to question what has happened and what might follow.