Julian Silverman

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Featured work: Julian Silverman @shotsbyjs Titled “Bombed Out,” this is a 16” x 20” piece in the current show “Global Citizens.” Taken in Belgrade, Serbia, the building in the background was known as the General Staff Building until the complex was heavily damaged during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. As evident, the building was left dilapidated and part of everyday life for Belgrade residents. In 2025, however, a company owned by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump, and the Serbian government reached a deal to lease the land. After suggested demolition and an eventual possible “Trump Tower,” public protests led to the group withdrawing their plans. Stop by Artworks Gallery until March 29th the see this piece in person.

Featured work: Julian Silverman @shotsbyjs Titled “The Barbershop,” this 20” x 30” piece is featured in the current show “Global Citizens.” Taken in Cartagena, Colombia, this is one of many images capturing one of the country’s most chaotic and dangerous markets, Bazurto. Incredibly gritty and hot, the stalls create a maize-like city, bustling with life and energy. Between a variety of food, clothing, shoe and watch repair stalls, makeshift barbershops, bars and restaurants with televisions watching the local soccer team, and men playing cards and gambling, this market offered a glimpse into the daily lives of many Colombians. Stop by Artworks Gallery until March 29th the see this piece in person.

Introducing Julian Silverman: @shotsbyjs Julian Silverman is a street and documentary photographer from New York City, whose work examines everyday life as it unfolds within urban environments across diverse cultural contexts. His practice is rooted in walking, observation, and sustained attention to the ordinary, favoring moments that emerge naturally over those that are staged or anticipated. Working without a fixed destination or assignment, Silverman photographs intuitively, allowing movement through space to guide both subject and composition. Silverman’s passion for photography began in seventh grade, when his parents finally allowed him to ride the subway alone. That Spring Break, he spent his days traveling across New York City, wandering through unfamiliar neighborhoods and photographing what he encountered on his iPhone 4. Through trial and error, YouTube tutorials, and engagement with the photography community on Instagram, his skills steadily developed. In high school, he pursued formal photography courses for four years and gradually upgraded his equipment—first using his father’s DSLR, then purchasing his own Sony gear with proceeds from selling prints at the Union Square Farmers Market. Today, Silverman still prefers to explore on foot, camera in hand, often without a specific destination or assignment in mind. Rather than emphasizing landmarks, spectacle, or traditional travel imagery, his photographs center on people and the environments they inhabit. Many images capture transitional moments—walking, waiting, passing through public space. Whether in New York, North Carolina, or abroad, locations function not as destinations, but as contexts in which human presence takes shape. Silverman’s work has previously been featured in both Imagenation Paris and Imagenation New York, as well as the Maggi Peyton Gallery in New York City. Silverman is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts at Wake Forest University, where he is a senior majoring in political science and minoring in photography. For more information, visit his website:

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