Julie Hau
Photographer I Photo Editor
Summary
Julie Hau is a photo editor/photographer from Dusseldorf, Germany currently calling Brooklyn, New York home. She studied photography at Albrecht-Duerer-Schule Dusseldorf where she graduated in 2005 before becoming a studio manager for acclaimed commercial photographer Michael Ricks. She moved to New York City in 2007 and was a graduate of the documentary and photojournalism program at the International Center of Photography.
Since graduating, Julie's documentary work brought her to Abkhazia in 2008 where she documented the de-facto countries 15-years of independence from Georgia to covering the Ukrainian elections during the winter of 2010 while also focusing on Ukraine's growing group of orphaned children, a result of their destabilizing economy following the economic collapse of 2008.
Julie is currently the art intern at Harpers Magazine, studying under Stacey Clarkson while assisting editorial and commercial photographers, working to transition her skills from a photographer to a photo editor. Her editorial work has been awarded by the Magenta Foundation and she still continues to shoot her own documentary work.
Experience
Art Intern
Harper's Magazine / New York, NY
Involved in the electronic page layout, art and photo research and working with freelance contributors to the magazine while also logging images into Harper's Magazine's electronic picture database.
Photographic Assistant
Freelance / New York, NY
Working with a range of leading commercial, editorial and documentary photographers like Jason Andrew, Chris Buck, Bruce Gilden, Erika Larsen, Stephen Mallon, Robin Moyer and Tom Schierlitz; shooting portraiture, fashion, advertising, interior design, architecture, product and food photography. Studio and on location productions and reality TV for commercial and editorial brands such as Audubon magazine, Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, epicurious.com, Elle Korea, The FT Weekend Magazine, GAP, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, The New York Times magazine, Park Hyatt New York, Polo Sport & Juicy Couture perfumes, Samsung and Time magazine.
Documentary, editorial, portrait and event photographer
Freelance / New York, NY
Documentary, editorial and corporate photographer.
Editorial & Commerical clients have included NYU News & Views, Columbia Journalist and Columbia News Service, HEALTHCARE DESIGN, Hewlett Packard, TV Show “In your wallet“, F-stop magazine, Samantha Sackler Productions, the Westdeutsche Zeitung and Niederrhein Edition. Documentary work has taken me to Abkhazia, Russia, Ukraine, and throughout Europe and the United States.
Full-time studio manager and first assistant
Michael Ricks Photography / Germany
Full-time studio manager and first assistant to commercial and industrial photographer Michael Ricks; duties included archiving, location and prob scouting, model casting, scanning, post-production, quarterly promotional material, research, organization, transportation and catering for photo shoots; digital FTP management for photographer and client; on-site digital technician for large commercial jobs.
Education
International Center of Photography
Documentary Photography and Photojournalism
Albrecht-Duerer- Schule Duesseldorf
Photography
