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1. Chemical Road, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
2. Sticks, 2006, toned gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
3. Shoes, 2006, toned gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
4. Chomping, 2006, toned gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
5. Boots, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
6. Crutches, 2006, toned gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
7. The Barber, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
8. After Lunch, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
9. The Cook, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
10. Monkey Trees, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
11. Purity, 2006, toned gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
12. The Bar, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
13. The Market, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
14. Hyena Lane, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
15. Purity in White, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
16. James, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
17. Clothesline, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
18. Makena’s Courtyard, 2006, gelatin silver print,
       11” x 11”
19. Makena’s House, 2006, gelatin silver print, tea stained,        11” x 11”
20. Makena’s Laundry, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
21. Single, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
22. Monkeys, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
23. Mt. Kenya, 2006, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
24. Auschwitz, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
25. La Selva, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
26. Bianca, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
27. The Gorge, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
28. Adobe, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
29. New Mexico, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”
30. Demolished, 2005, gelatin silver print, 11” x 11”

Contact Information
802 Earlington Road
Havertown, PA 19083
e-mail: JPGulia@yahoo.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I am intrigued with both unfamiliar and sullen scenes. In the past four years I have traveled throughout Italy, Eastern Europe, and Kenya. Much of my work seeks to explore new ways of depicting foreign places. Just as the impressionists sought to re-mold the idea of the realists’ painting into abstract images, I strive to re-define the documentary photograph. I capture the feeling of a moment, in hopes of placing my individual mark on the world through images.

Most recently I traveled to Kenya to work on a Reforestation Project. For one month I lived with a family in a close farming community at the foot of Mt. Kenya where I discovered a completely different standard of living. Presently, I am working to further develop the Kenya Project and expand on the concept of travel photography; and, at the same time, confront the role of the photographer in a foreign place. I would like to play with standard ideas of photography to produce an alternative documentation. My focus lies in the scenes of workers, farmers, families, and further emblems that compose the everyday. As a guest in another country, I remain an outsider looking in. My hope is to permeate the line between foreign traveler and inquisitive visitor, thus conveying my experiences through a visual journal.

My objective is to make the imperfect appear beautiful. Anticipated accidents develop into a means for creative solutions. A pallid sky becomes a chemical explosion. Moments of clarity stream into hazy borders. Tree branches form drooping silhouettes, veins on a white, cloudy canvas. Seen through the lens, the subject changes into a matter of extremes. Black defines dark, highlights bellow from expanses of grey, and lines dart chaotically amidst altered spaces. I anticipate the imperfect and thus manipulate dramatic, unpredictable results.

Education
2006
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Photography
Dean’s List

2004
Studio Arts Center, International, Florence, Italy

2002
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA 

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Dean’s List

Awards and Honors
2006
Juror’s Choice, Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image Competition

2005
Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ,
Received two individual Scholarships to attend intensive workshops: Wet-Plate Collodion, Albumen Printing

Professional Experience
2006
Laurie Beck Photography
Photography Assistant during onsite shoot for Sports Illustrate

First Person Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Intern

2005-2006
Philadelphia Print Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA
Intern

The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Intern

2005
Ernestine Ruben, ‘New Visions in Photography’, Peter’s Valley Layton, NJ
Photography/ Teacher Assistant

Mount Kenya Reafforestation, Kenya, East Africa
Worked with a small community in Kenya on an emerging reafforestation project

Philadelphia Furniture Show, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Assistant

Lectures and Talks
2006
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Speaker and Guest Lecturer

Selected Exhibitions

2006
The Variety Show, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

BooBies, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

PCPI Project Competition, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Thesis Show, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA

2005
PhotoShow 2005, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Collective Vision,The George School, Newtown, PA

The Stare Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA

Photography Collection, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Junior Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Other
Annual Auction, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA