Full Name Julie Enfield | Name Julie Enfield | |
Occupation photographer/author/writer Spouse(s) Alberto Giulio Gioia (1983) Parent(s) Frank A. Enfield, Esther Enfield | ||
Julie Enfield (born in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian portrait photographer and author of the internationally acclaimed Kiss and Tell: An Intimate History of Kissing (HarperCollins, 2004). Enfield lived in Italy from 1983 to 1996, where she worked in the fashion industry alongside Giorgio Armani, Franco Moschino, and Gianni Versace. In 1983, she married Italian architect Alberto Giulio Gioia.
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Julie Enfield is the daughter of the Canadian M.P. and Q.C. barrister Frank A. Enfield.
As a Photographer
Enfield's work is in a number of private and corporate collections, and her photographs have been published in Inside Entertainment, Fashion Quarterly, Hello! Canada, and the Toronto Star, among others. In 2008, her exhibit "Being Squared" – showcasing celebrity twin designers Dean and Dan Caten (Dsquared2), premiered at the Gibsone–Jessop Gallery in Toronto. Enfield's projects have been featured on CTV's Fashion Television. Enfield was the exclusive photographer for Dsquared2 at the Vancouver Winter Olympics opening ceremonies. Enfield has a passion for capturing the moment and takes great pride in expressing the unique anima of her subjects.
Awards and Achievements
In 2008, Enfield was awarded first prize for Best Portrait in the TD Canada Trust SNAP '08 photo contest. Enfield won first prize for Best Portrait in the TD Canada Trust SNAP '09 photo contest and, in 2010, her portrait of Measha Brueggergosman received an honourable mention. . In August 2008, her photo Toronto Tango was chosen as Picture of the Month at Canadian Geographic photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca In November 2009, her photo "Smoke and Mirrors" won the Picture of the Month Canadian Geographic photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca.In October 2010, her photo Gloves 'n' Mask won the Picture of the Month Canadian Geographic photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca. In 2012, her work "Keeper of Culture" was recognized as a finalist entry in National Geographic's Best Travel Portrait, and her work "Cat in the Act" has recently been published in National Geographic's Daily Dozen.
As a Writer
In 2004, HarperCollins published her non-fiction title, Kiss and Tell: An Intimate History of Kissing, published in 11 countries to date. She has been featured on CITY TV's Breakfast Television, CBC's The National, CBC's Sounds Like Canada, Discovery Channel, CITY TV's Sex TV, in relation to her book on kissing. Her articles and book reviews have appeared in Chatelaine, Fashion Quarterly, Flare, Inside Entertainment, Rouge, the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, among others.