Judith Jockel was born in Frankfurt / Main, Germany
and is currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

My portraits balance between fiction and reality: the ingredients and locations are real: a house, a room, a garden, an office, but while photographing I am looking for a strange or magical side of ones own world. They might pretend to tell the full story of the person, but in the end they remain the result of a brief encounter of two individuals. In that particular moment I try to hold on to a feeling of truth; even if it's just a glimpse of what might lie beneath a surface.

Training
University of Art and Design, Offenbach, Germany;
visual communication
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands; photographic design

assisted Philip-Lorca DiCorcia and Lauren Greenfield, NY

Exhibition/Competitions
2011 Photographers Awards of the Netherlands, nomination in two categories 2010 PhotoEspana, Campus PHE Edición de Libros, Madrid, Spain; Photographers Awards of the Netherlands (PANL), nomination in one category 2009 Descubrimient PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain 2008 Nederlands Fotomuseum ('Pages'), Rotterdam, Netherlands; International Photography Award, Lucy Award (IPA), Los Angeles, USA, honorable mention 2007 Corbis Photography Award, nominated for the shortlist; Venice International Photo Contest, zilver; International Photography Award, Lucy Award (IPA), Los Angeles, honorable mention; PhotoEspana, Premio al Mejor Libro de Fotografía del Año, Madrid, Spain