Ep10 Julia Broad: from small town goth girl in high school to becoming a no BS photographer supporting women
We’re back with another The Belinda Esterhammer Show x Fem Founded episode and this time Julia Broad - a 5’1 hurricane of a photographer that swears a lot and is brutally honest joined me as a guest.
About Julia: Julia Broad believes in the power of visual storytelling. A passionate supporter of womens rights, and vocal advocate for equality and change, she works with companies, private clients and charities to help share their vision.
Julia is also the founder of family photography brand JulesBaby.com - a photography business designed for women to celebrate their roles as mothers and have beautiful, powerful portraits of themselves and families as they grow together.
Tune in to the episode and learn…
How she was an unpopular goth girl in high school
What she and MTV’s Daria have in common
What it felt like growing up in a small town and how she woke up one day and decided to leave Traralgon in Victoria, Australia
How she moved to the Philippines and (fun) facts about Manila and her time there
How Filipinos are resilient people and cockfights on TV are totally acceptable in the Philippines
How she prefers pig's trotter over chicken feet
How she juggles having 2 brands under her umbrella
How she wanted to become a war journalist and ended up loving photographing families and babies and creating living visual memories and personal pieces of art
Why we need to honour the role of mothers and women as creators
How to balance corporate and baby photography
How she empowers women through her initiative 20 women of 2020
How it cost nothing to light another candle and how women need to stop the bitchiness in the workplace and the bullshit
Why you should hang out with people that support you and help you to be a better person
What Ru Paul’s “Don’t fuck it up” and Hong Kong’s community have in common
How collaborative Hong Kong is
The importance of backing up your data and how technical glitches even happen to her and how she dealt with lost footage from photoshoots in the past
Why she is so over Zoom trivia nights and why it’s better to have a WhatsApp call
How she went to therapy this year and learnt to embrace the characteristics that make her special and be unapologetically herself
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