Julia Leeb

Julia Leeb is a photojournalist and filmmaker. The emphasis of her work is on regions in political upheaval. She has done long-term projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iran. Her report on women living under the rule of a warlord in the jungle of the DRC was nominated for the Peter Scholl-Latour award. Leeb´s pictures from war-torn countries are published worldwide. Her footage from Libya caused a stir when she and her team were bombarded by Gaddafis’s troops. Leeb studied International Relations and Diplomacy in Madrid. After graduation, she worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy in Rome. In order to deepen her nowledge about the Middle East she moved to Egypt studying Arabic and doing research at the Institute for Peace Studies. Strongly believing in the increasing power of pictures and their capacity to explain complex political situations in a comprehensible way, Ms. Leeb returned to Germany where she graduated from the media academy BAF in Munich. Since then she has worked as a war reporter focusing on the revolutions and wars in the Arab world. Later she extended her geographical reach and published the book “North Korea – Anonymous Country“ which was featured on National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal and other renowned international publications. In Germany the book was nominated for the national Photo Book Award. Elle' magazine listed Leeb as one of the top 80 international characters and ' Refinery 29' named her as one of the most inspiring women in Germany.