Director's Works
Juliet Klottrup is an award-winning British visual artist based in the North of England, working across photography, filmmaking, and painting. Her socially engaged practice explores the relationships between communities, cultural heritage, landscapes and the natural world. Known for her immersive, collaborative approach, Klottrup creates intimate portraits and works that reflect identity and belonging. Juliet was appointed as an Honorary Photography Teaching Fellow at the University of Cumbria. In 2025, she won the Sony Future Filmmaker Award in Los Angeles for her short documentary ‘Travelling Home’. In October, Juliet held a solo photographic and painting exhibition at the Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District National Park and in November she exhibits at the National Portrait Gallery, having been nominated for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.
Living along the route that connects Yorkshire to Cumbria since 2019 I’ve been documenting the experiences of the Travelling and Gypsy communities in the North West of England, on their annual pilgrimage to Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria.
Setting off on walks meeting with different families on route to the fair I’ve recorded the community through the lens of family, ceremony, gentleness and tradition.
This is how I met Joe Cannon Snr out on the moors with his horses and his wagon. Growing from conversations about his heritage and personal history over the years I took portraits and 8mm vignettes of Joe’s daily life, which evolved into the short film Travelling Home.
