Julia Lochhead
Ocean Art Photographer
​This is my home away from home. This is where I find my calm.
Julia Lochhead is a New Zealand ocean art photographer based in Mount Maunganui. Her passion is capturing images with a sense of movement and tranquility, grounding us in the natural world and offering space to breathe in the hustle and bustle of the everyday.
Bio
These fine art prints are more than mere images; they are windows to a world where time moves at a gentle pace, allowing you to immerse yourself in the art of self-care.
Julia Lochhead is a fine art photographer from Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. Her soft, long exposure seascapes evoke feelings of tranquility and peace, offering a quiet sanctuary from the chaos of the world today. At the same time, the familiar NZ beach art and coastal photos ground us in nature, reminding us that there is more to the world than just ourselves.
My work blurs the line between painting and photography by using varying lengths of exposure and natural movement of the ocean. I capture not only a moment in time but also create that feeling that brings you back to your senses, back to your breath, and back to you.
Julia grew up in rural New Zealand and developed a strong connection to nature and, especially, the ocean. Long summer holidays were spent by the beach and the water became her “soulful place.” She fell in love with photographic art, especially that concerned with creating movement, while attending a course at the London School of Photography.
I began learning to capture what it was that I was feeling and with this, photography became the way I saw the world.
After eight years, Julia came back home to further progress her passion by completing a 2-year diploma in Photographic Imaging. This formed a solid foundation for her to refine and evolve her techniques in fine art photography. She has had successful exhibitions at a local gallery in Mount Maunganui and has appeared in exhibitions at Art by the Sea, where many of her works are sold.