French/Swedish, Julie Chandelier is a passionate photographer who lives to tell stories about the connection we have with this amazing natural world we live in.

Emotion is at the heart of her images: "I have always captured what I see and if my photos move those who see them, then I have achieved my goal. My passion for photography is fed by my love for the outdoors, wildlife and people".

Born in Stockholm (Sweden) but raised by French parents, she navigated between both countries and cultures while seeing the rest of the world in the meantime. She is now grateful to call New Zealand her beautiful home since 2017.

Whether in the polar regions, up a mountain or below the ocean, raising awareness through her images has been keeping her busy in the last few years. Her passion leads her to contribute to meaningful projects and to work with individuals and organisations who strive to improve our environment and communities’ well-being. She feels a responsibility to engage, inspire and create action from her viewers towards conservation efforts.

Her passion for the natural world and marine life especially, began from a very young age and has only grown stronger since picking up a camera in the last decade. She spends countless hours sea kayaking offshore looking for whales and dolphins for example and advocates for our oceans.

Julie has been lucky to go on expeditions in some of the most remote places on earth, where extreme conditions make photographing challenging but memorable - from documenting the whale research in the Subantarctic Islands to guiding in Svalbard and Antarctica.

Out in the elements is where her storytelling is at its best.

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