Little Lion Film Fatale

Image by Edward Cunningham

EMMI IS A FILM PHOTOGRAPHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR THAT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MASSACHUSETTS WHILE TRAVELING TO CREATE ART.

EMMI USES ART AS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, AND UPLIFT OTHERS. BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN WITH FAMILY IMMIGRATING FROM AFRICA AND EUROPE, AS WELL AS BEING AN OPENLY QUEER PERSON, GIVES THEM A DIVERSE AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WHEN APPROACHING THEIR ART.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR STORYTELLING, WANTING TO CREATE WORLDS FROM SCRATCH AND EVOKE EMOTION FROM THE AUDIENCE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. THEY ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY FANTASY LITERATURE, MYTHOLOGY, AND NATURE, WHILE EXPLORING THEMES SUCH AS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, BODY POSITIVITY, INTIMACY AND CONNECTION. 

WITH FIERCENESS BALANCING SOFTNESS, REALISM BALANCING FANTASY, EMMI CREATES VISUAL STORIES THAT CAN OFTEN FEEL LIKE HAZY DREAMS OR STRANGE MEMORIES. EMMI SPECIALIZES IN A UNIQUE PROCESS CALLED “FILM SOUP”, BY SOAKING THE FILM NEGATIVE WITH NATURAL INGREDIENTS TO CREATE OTHERWORLDLY COLOURS ON EACH PHOTO

WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD, EMMI DONATES 10% OF ALL THEIR PROFITS TO ROAR, A NON PROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE LOCATED ON A BEAUTIFUL FARM IN OHIO.