Skate Like A Lass, Photography Exhibition – Juliet Klottrup

12-3pm, Thursday 20 – Saturday 23 March

with Opening Talk and Q&A at the March Photography Social – 6pm, Wednesday 19th March

This photographic and film project focuses on Female established inclusive grassroots Skateboarding communities based in the North, UK. From mountains in Lake District to Blackpool promenade. These skate collectives were created to provide a safe space & welcoming environment for female & LGBT+ skaters in the area. Over time Juliet worked with the collectives sharing cameras and getting them to self shoot to create an archive of images.

Using analogue photography and film, Juliet documents social and environmental stories, collaborating with local communities to explore identity, belonging, and the connection between people and place. Her work, spanning still and motion images, focuses on youth, rural traditions, and community life.

Her short documentary Travelling Home screened at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festivals, including London Film Festival, in 2024. Juliet won the 2020 Portrait of Britain Award, was shortlisted for Portrait of Humanity, and in 2021, her film Youth of the Rural North was nominated for Best Documentary at the British Film Awards.

Juliet says:

“Two years ago I started on a research project to try and document inclusive grassroots skateboarding communities connecting female, marginalised and LGBTQI+ individuals in the North of England; driven to bridge the gap in the historical documentation of skateboarding. From the Lake District mountains to Blackpool promenade, these collectives have created safe, welcoming spaces where skating empowers, fosters freedom and embraces failure as part of growth”