Julie van der Vaart
is a photographic artist and educator born in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and currently living and working in Belgium. She has a Master of Fine-arts in Photography from the Media, Arts & Design faculty in Genk, and a further Master of Research in Art and Design from Sint Lucas Antwerp. She is supported by the Mondriaan Fund, receiving the stipend for established artists, and since 2021 she has been participating in the two-year international Masterclass Reflexions 2.0.
VOID
is an independent publishing house founded by three photographers Myrto Steirou, João Linneu, and Sylvia Sacchini in 2016. Their focus lies on photobooks and educational programmes done in collaboration with both established and emerging artists. Together, they also run a series of book-making workshops called “Impromptu” through which they share their expertise and vision in the field of photobook-making with upcoming talents. Currently, the project is editorially driven by Steirou together with Linneu who is in charge of photobook design.