Julia Tikhomirova is an Italy based Russian photographer and curator. Born in San Petersburg in 1981 she began taking photographs while graduating from Journalism Faculty of San Petersburg State University. She started her career working as correspondent for a German-Russian newspaper and later moved to Bern, Switzerland to coordinate the Russian editorial office of the Swiss Radio International. She pursued her interest in photography by enroling on a photography course at Bologna Fine Art Academy and later she got a master’s degree in photoediting at Rome Luiss Business School. She studies the technical and ethical aspects of digital post-production for Photojournalism. She is interested in exploring the human condition, the relationships between people as individuals and the social contest of various communities. She collaborates with photography associations as an account manager and curator and is a co-founder of Y’art Project and Photography Workshop in Saint Petersburg.