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[Julia Schönstädt] (*1986 in Berlin) is a German photographer and director.

Biography
Julia Schönstädt was born in Berlin. She works and lives in London.

Career
Schönstädt studied Photography Design at Lette Verein, Berlin in 2008. After graduating in 2011 she received a scholarship from the city of Berlin which took her to live in Barcelona for a year. In 2013 she was offered a scholarship from Goldsmiths, University of London where she completed a Master's degree in Photography: The Image and Electronic Arts. For her graduation work the '16 Bars Project', a multi disciplinary body of work on the penal system in Germany, she was awarded The Guardian Student Media Award - Student Photographer of the year 2014.

The '16 Bars Project' aimed to raise awareness around the issues of the prison system and worked in close collaboration with the German charity organisation 'Gefangene helfen Jugendlichen'. The project was shown in several solo exhibitions and was featured in multiple international magazines. In 2015 a book, containing prisoner's portraits, interviews and collected writings was published at Asso Verlag, Germany.

Schönstädt currently works as a portrait photographer and music video director, living between Berlin and London.

In 2018 she has joined the team of guest directors for Erika Lust, where she has directed her first contribution for the successful feminist adult film series Xconfessions.

Works
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 * 2015: 16 Bars Project (Photography, book)
 * 2016: Scarlett Saunders - I should know (music video)
 * 2017: Roth Bart Baron - Atom (music video)
 * 2018: All Eyez on me - xConfessions/Erika Lust (short film)