Nneka Julia

ABOUT NNEKA JULIA

Photographer, writer, and emerging filmmaker known for capturing compelling visuals and storytelling through various mediums. On her nnekaj Instagram page, where she has amassed 150,000 followers, she shares glimpses of her lifestyle, behind-the-scenes looks at her creative process, and updates on film showcases where her work has been featured.

As the daughter of immigrants, most of her work in film and photography is about travel and culture. One of her first short films is called Expectations.

She is the host of Passing Through and The Layover Podcast. She is also working on a book and writes opinion pieces on a Substack page called Letters From a Stranger. She promotes her current projects on her nnekajulia TikTok account, where her work has earned more than 1.4 million likes.

She is from Detroit, Michigan, but lives in New York City, New York. Her parents are immigrants from Cambodia and Nigeria.

In a video she did for Instagram, she quoted Charles Bukowski . The quote was "I was waiting for
something extraordinary to
happen

but as the years wasted on
nothing ever did unless I
caused it."