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THE MIRROR

THE MIRROR

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A PRACTICE OF SEEING

ENTER THE MIRROR

An intimate encounter with emotion through self-portraiture.

A 2-4 month journey of coming into focus.

A shared practice of attention through walking and photography.

waters within

Waters Within invites you to explore your emotions and your potential, and to create self-portraits from within that experience.

Inspired by visual artist, Cristina Nunez’s Self-Portrait Experience methodology, this is not about creating the perfect image. It’s about encountering the otherwise unseen within your own reflection and allowing yourself to see deeper than you might normally allow.

You become the focus and the photographer, the camera becomes the mirror.

After creating the images, we return to them together through slow seeing — noticing each what is actually present before rushing to interpretation or judgement. Through guided perception, reflection and conversation, the photographs become a meeting place between what was felt, what is seen, and what may be ready to be carried differently into the world.

The photograph becomes where the relationship begins.

A guided self-portrait encounter with the emotional landscape.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF…

  • Looking at photographs of yourself can feel vulnerable, but something in you is willing to stay with that discomfort.

  • You are curious about self-portraiture as a way of knowing yourself rather than presenting yourself.

  • You want to go beyond the selfie and see yourself as the art that you are.

  • You want to practice expressing and recognising emotions.

  • You are ready to experience being witnessed without judgement.

  • You want to practise looking at yourself with greater curiosity and less judgement.

  • You are willing to discover something you may not have planned to find.

THE FLOW - what’s included

Before - A private 15-minute introductory call to meet, talk through the experience and answer any questions you may have.

The Experience - A 2.5-hour private self-portrait experience, including guided image-making, image sharing, slow-seeing and perception practice, reflection and integration.

After - A private 15-minute follow-up call approximately one week later to reconnect with the experience, share what has stayed with you and reflect on anything that has continued to unfold.

ONLINE · 2.5 hours + introductory & follow-up calls

€90

  • “Julia allowed me time to look at each part of the emotions and guided what I was feeling through the images, allowing me to expand on what I was noticing. I felt 100% comfortable and safe exploring the most vulnerable of places.”

    Carly

  • “The necessary discomfort.”

    Ellen

  • "When I looked at my self-portrait, it was difficult at first—a hard reflection to receive. But when Julia shared her perception of the woman in the image, everything changed. I began to see differently. I saw the wholeness of the picture. I noticed powerful details I had missed. The more we zoomed in, the more I was able to step back—and embrace the fuller truth of who I am."

    Stephanie

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
— Rumi

ready to dive into the waters within?

Choose a time for your Waters Within experience.

Your booking includes:

  • 15-minute introductory call

  • 2.5-hour Waters Within experience

  • 15-minute follow-up

€90

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the becoming

A JOURNEY OF COMING INTO FOCUS

The Becoming is an online four-month, small-group self-portrait photography journey exploring what becomes visible when we return to our own image again and again. Through a series of photographic invitations, slow seeing, shared perception, writing and reflection, we follow the threads of what is shifting, repeating, emerging and asking to be seen.

We explore themes such as emotions, characters, the body, our roots and more. These themes may also be offered as stand alone online & in-person experiences in the future in order to deepen in on what wants to unfold by diving deeper.

Rather than trying to define who you are, this is an invitation to witness and share who you are constantly becoming.

COMING SOON
More details will be unveiled in time.

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THIS IS WHAT I WAS BORN TO DO: TO LOVE, TO KNOW, TO CHANGE, AND TO EMBRACE THE INFINITE. I SHALL NOT FORGET MY BECOMING.
— Becoming the Falcon God: Awakening Osiris: Normandi Ellis

photowalks

A shared practice of attention through walking and photography

Photowalks are gatherings that invite you to step outside, slow down and encounter your surroundings through the camera. We begin together with a theme and a handful of creative photographic prompts before heading out into our own landscapes — walking separately, but creating together at the same time.

We return to share what we noticed, the images we made and what surprised us along the way. Part photography, part practice in paying attention,

Photowalks are less about taking good photographs and more about discovering what happens when we look closer and see the world again through the eyes of a child.

ONLINE PHOTOWALKS — COMING SOON
In-person walks and experiences will also be unveiled in the future.

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