Julia Uttley | Featured Artist Summer 2025

Julia Uttley

Julia Uttley

Photographer

Profile image of Julia courtesy Don Tonge 

Julia Uttley is a Bolton‑based photographer whose work reveals a deep connection to the region’s industrial heritage and moorland landscapes. Born and raised in Lancashire’s Fylde region, she was drawn back north in 2015, where she now explores the interplay between Bolton’s history and the surrounding natural beauty.

Using natural light and both Fujifilm and smartphone formats (X‑T3/T5 & iPhone 11 Pro), her images range from evocative moorland vistas—like sunsets behind Winter Hill—to intimate urban scenes within Bolton’s town centre.

Recently, Julia has been experimenting with multiple exposures—submitting new layered images to a masterclass and incorporating them into local exhibitions—adding a rich, dreamlike dimension to her landscape and urban photography.


You can follow her ongoing projects, ranging from Bolton Life and Manchester Life to Lakeland and travel series via her website juttley.co.uk, Instagram (@juliauttley), and Facebook.

Lone Tree

The Buttermere Lone Tree has become something of a landmark for photographers and visitors to the Lake District. Standing at the edge of the water, its distinctive silhouette is instantly recognisable against the backdrop of Fleetwith Pike and the surrounding fells.

The composition invites reflection, allowing the viewer to pause and take in the contrast between permanence and change. More than just a landscape, this piece embodies the timeless pull of the Lake District: wild, atmospheric, and deeply moving in its simplicity.

Artwork Title: Lone Tree
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 54cm x 43cm
Price: £60
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Fleetwith Pike

Fleetwith Pike rises dramatically at the head of Buttermere, a mountain that commands both respect and admiration from walkers and photographers alike.

The mountain itself looms dark and solid, a powerful presence softened only by the play of mist drifting around its summit.

This is the Lake District at its most atmospheric, where weather, light, and landscape come together in a single, unrepeatable scene.

Artwork Title: Fleetwith Pike
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 54cm x 43cm
Price: £60
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Kite

With its delicate curve trailing through pastel skies, KITE captures a fleeting moment of joy, lightness, and freedom. Julia Uttley’s image is minimal yet profoundly evocative. There’s a sense of childhood wonder and unburdened play woven through its arc.

The kite, mid-flight, is a perfect metaphor for possibility: rising, drifting, dancing in the air with no visible limits.

The soft clouds cradle the scene, adding to the serenity and sense of open space.

Artwork Title: Kite
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 46cm x 46cm
Price: £50
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

Knock John Fort

 

Bathed in dreamlike tones of lavender and aquamarine, Knock John Fort captures the surreal isolation of a sea fort adrift beneath a cotton-candy sky.

Julia Uttley’s double exposure technique gives this piece a heightened sense of atmosphere, merging tranquillity with something almost mythical.

The fort appears to hover just beyond the real, a quiet sentinel surrounded by scattered boats and infinite water. It invites contemplation, stillness, and a curious sense of wonder about what once was, and what might be imagined.

Artwork Title: Knock John Fort
Artist: Julia Uttley
Medium: Digital Photograph
Size: 46cm x 46cm
Price: £50
Presentation: Framed, ready to hang

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