Julian Silverman

Julian Silverman’s exhibition presents photographs taken over years of travel to more than forty countries, both independently and with friends and family. The work is grounded in observation rather than destination, focusing on everyday moments that unfold across different places and cultures.

Rather than emphasizing landmarks or traditional travel imagery, the photographs center on people and the environments they inhabit. Many images capture unscripted, transitional moments—on streets, in public spaces, or while in transit—where daily life reveals itself naturally. These scenes reflect an interest in how individuals move through the world and how familiar patterns of behavior and expression appear across geographic and cultural boundaries.

The photographs are shot intuitively, often while walking without a specific plan. This approach allows moments to emerge organically and keeps the work rooted in lived experience. While each image is tied to a specific location, the collection emphasizes connection rather than difference, pointing to a shared sense of presence in an increasingly interconnected world.

Together, the images form a record of attention, movement, and coexistence. Global Citizens invites viewers to consider how ordinary moments reflect a broader human commonality, and how photography can function as a way of engaging with the world through curiosity and respect.


Julian Silverman is a street and documentary photographer from New York City. While he loves the craft of photography—the searching, shooting, and editing—he is ultimately driven by a deeper fascination with people, culture, and the stories embedded in everyday life. His work seeks to capture quiet beauty and human narrative in ordinary scenes.

Julian’s passion for photography began in seventh grade, when his parents allowed him to ride the subway alone for the first time. 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, Julian still prefers to explore on foot, camera in hand, often without a specific destination or assignment in mind. His style sits at the intersection of traditional street photography and cityscape work, guided by instinct rather than agenda. Whether photographing in New York City, Winston-Salem, or abroad, one principle remains constant: a desire to tell a story through images.

Julian has exhibited his work at Imagenation in New York and Paris, as well as in a Manhattan Borough President–hosted exhibition documenting the COVID-19 quarantine. He is currently a member of Artworks Gallery, a cooperative gallery in downtown Winston-Salem.

Julian is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts at Wake Forest University, where he majors in political science and minors in photography and psychology.