Julia Bohle

I am a visual artist and practice-led researcher originally from Germany, currently based in Sydney where I am undertaking my PhD. I live and work between Germany and Australia, moving across both contexts as part of my artistic and research practice.

Throughout my practice, which began in communication design and photography, I have developed a strong focus on the artist book and photobook form. This is also central to my current project, where I research the aura of the artist book through site-specific practice.

My work explores inner and external landscapes through photography, artist books, and experimental publishing. Walking plays a central role in my process, often developed through site-responsive fieldwork in arid and desert environments, where I engage with atmosphere, memory, and the subtle traces left by time.

I work across analogue and digital processes, combining photography with experimental techniques such as cameraless exposures, re-scanned prints, and material interventions.

Julia Bohle, This Place was a Desert, Self Published, 2026, © Julia Bohle

This Place Was a Desert is an artist book that combines a minimal, tactile design with photographic imagery. The cover features a bold red surface with a small inset image, creating a contrast between scale and detail.
The publication explores the relationship between image, material, and sequencing, inviting a slow and focused engagement with the work.

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Julia Bohle, SOLSTICE, Self Published, 2025, © Julia Bohle

Metal cover with exposed binding; interior spread with red-toned photographic print and inserted sheet; compact hand-bound volume with elastic closure.

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Aftermath is a photographic project exploring stillness, tension, and emotional residue in nocturnal landscapes.
The cover shows branching red forms against a dark background.

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