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The Journey
Somewhere worth getting lost.
A long walk, unfamiliar roads, and finding the right place.
Emma Parker
A Photographer of Quiet Things.
I started with my father's old twin-lens camera and a single roll of black and white film. Most of it was out of focus. One frame wasn't, and I have been chasing that feeling ever since.
Today I split my time between editorial portraits, travel stories and long personal projects, and I still print the pictures I love by hand.
- Based in
- Lyon, France
- Shooting since
- 2013
- Formats
- 35mm, medium format, digital
- Available for
- Commissions worldwide
What I Photograph
Five ways I spend my days behind the lens. Click anywhere to open the next one.
01/ 05PortraitsBest pick: Golden hour, Provence, 2022
Image 1 of 5: A woman silhouetted against a sunset, raising a camera to her eye
The Journey So Far
2013 to now
2013 March
My father's twin-lens camera and a single roll of black and white film. One frame came out sharp.
2015 August
A borrowed darkroom in old Lyon, and long nights learning to print by hand.
2017 June
First paid commission: a week of portraits for a small publishing house.
2019 November
Three weeks in the high Alps, carrying a medium format camera and far too much film.
2022 April
Quiet Light, a first solo exhibition, opens with forty hand-made prints.
2025 September
Travel stories and editorial work for clients worldwide, still shooting film whenever the job allows.
Before the Frame
A photograph is never just a moment.
Every frame has a story. These are the moments that happened before the shutter.
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The Wait
Learning to be still.
Sometimes the best photographs require hours of patience.
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The Composition
Finding the frame.
The light, the angle, the subject. Everything falls into place.
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The Moment
And then, it happens.
One click. A moment that stays forever.
Achievements
14 International Awards
Recognised by juries in London, Arles and Tokyo for patient, honest pictures. Every award went to a frame that took longer to wait for than to make.
38 Published Stories
Long-form photo essays for travel and culture magazines, each one shot over weeks rather than days, and edited down to the few frames that carry it.
52 Countries Photographed
From fishing villages on the Breton coast to the high passes of the Dolomites. A camera bag, a few rolls of film and no fixed plan for the afternoon.
11 Solo Exhibitions
Hand-made prints shown in galleries across Asia and Europe. Each show starts in the darkroom, one sheet of paper at a time.
In Their Words
Every print starts as a conversation. Here is what a few of those conversations turned into.
Invisible in the room
Emma photographed me the way I never manage to see myself. Quiet, patient and somehow invisible in the room. She waited for one strip of morning light, and that print now hangs above my desk.
Margaux LaurentPrivate commission, Provence
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