emma’s decade of photography experience spans weddings, portraits, brands, families, and events.

A woman standing outdoors at sunset, wearing a strapless dress with a scenic design, smiling with her arms crossed, surrounded by greenery and a cityscape in the background.
A woman standing outdoors at sunset, wearing a strapless dress with a scenic design, smiling with her arms crossed, surrounded by greenery and a cityscape in the background.
Aerial view of clouds at sunset or sunrise, with golden and blue hues in the sky.
Aerial view of clouds at sunset or sunrise, with golden and blue hues in the sky.

with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and a master’s degree in art history, emma sees the world through light and shadow, histories and mythologies, geometries and spirals, movement and sound. she was born and raised in baltimore, maryland, and after some time in washington, dc and new york, now calls home the chaotic, messy, beautiful city of rome, italy.

she is usually walking on cobblestones, sprawled barefoot in a park with three books, moving slowly on a yoga mat, saying hello to her sweet neighborhood cats, or scribbling away at a cafe. she wears a lot of headscarves and big earrings and gold rings. she frequently speaks in references from favorite books, films, and series (see below). she is often overwhelmed by the poetry of a moment.

A person taking a mirror selfie in a dimly lit room, holding a camera with a large lens, with a bed and blue stuffed toy in the foreground, and a ceiling light fixture in the background.

inspired by the depth of human creation across time and space, emma’s work reflects souls and stories with honesty, integrity, and timelessness that resonates with ancestry and sunlight.

Aerial view of a coastline with a beach, ocean, and inland greenery.
Interior view of an elegant, classical building with ornate arches, decorative moldings, and a window with a geometric lattice pattern.

a few favorite things

  • the dovekeepers, alice hoffman

    the elegance of the hedgehog, muriel barbery

    till we have faces, cs lewis

    a tale for the time being, ruth ozeki

    jane eyre, charlotte brontë

    still life, sarah winman

    harry potter, jk rowling (all of them, no favorites. my entire childhood.)

  • rembrandt van rijn

    ruth asawa

    the most ancient of humans who painted their worlds in animated mystery within their deepest caves and domestic spaces

    cy twombly

    the italian monks who wrote in beneventan script in the 10th(ish) century

    vincent van gogh

    alma thomas

  • beauty and the beast

    the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society

    the office

    schitt’s creek

    kaos

    kung fu panda

    star wars

    avatar: the last airbender

    harry potter (again, duh. rating of movies with detailed reasoning available upon request.)

  • movement: range by kara duval (every day). walks. yoga, mostly yin, as taught by emmie rae.

    reading: fiction, mostly, of all kinds, usually at least 2 at once. (based on the wholehearted belief that if everyone read fiction the human world would be a kinder place.)

    cooking, cafe hopping, writing, studying, visiting ancient ruins, wandering art museums, buying flowers at the market, eating cherry tomatoes like candy, gazing pensively out of the window seat on planes.

when i speak of photography i write in metaphor and attend to sunlight; when i speak of design i see color and feel texture; when i speak of poetry i think in imagery and canvas and bodies and paint. these lived elements are deliciously inseparable for me, and living embodied in this way is something that i hope permeates every facet of the images i create alongside the people and places in front of my camera.

from emma:

Two women on a bridge during sunset, one in a white t-shirt and cream skirt with tattoos, the other taking a photograph, wearing a green top, shorts, and sandals, with trees and buildings in the background.

if you connect with my work, i'd love to connect with you.

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