For Julia Lange, casting is an intimate process of “character-building”. The German casting director has carved her own path in the industry through a preternatural gift for finding talent in the unlikeliest of places: an approach forged by both real-life encounters and the rise of the Internet.

Today, Lange is world-renowned for this signature ease of movement between agency and street casting at an international level. It’s a combination of intuition and determination that has led to the casting director unearthing some of the defining faces of our moment: discoveries that give thrilling form to the varied creative visions of her collaborators. As she articulates, “it’s really about finding beauty in all its forms, for all these different tiny universes.”

Lange regularly casts for magazines such as Double, Self Service, POP, AnOther, Purple, M Le Monde, Vogue, Re-Edition, WSJ, The Gentlewoman, Print, and Holiday Magazine. Stylists she collaborates with include Lotta Volkova, Marie Chaix, Jane How, Haley Wollens, Jodie Barnes, Jonathan Kaye, Fran Burns, Max Pearmain, Robbie Spencer, Brian Molloy, Elodie David Touboul, and Charlotte Collet. In addition, she has strong collaborative relationships with photographers such as Harley Weir, Colin Dodgson, Talia Chetrit, Johnny Dufort, Tyrone Lebon, Viviane Sassen, Jamie Hawkesworth, Zoe Ghertner, Glen Luchford, Oliver Hadlee Pearch, Drew Vickers, Tyler Mitchell, Collier Schorr, Tim Elkaim, Sam Rock, Mario Sorrenti, Ezra Petronio, Brianna Capozzi, Karim Sadli, Jack Day, Carlijn Jacobs, and Larissa Hofmann.

Lange’s clients include Hermès, Mugler, Acne Studios, Stella McCartney, Jil Sander, Simone Rocha, JW Anderson, Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Kenzo, ZARA, Massimo Dutti, Prada Beauty, Brioni, Uniqlo, and Sportmax.