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Born in Germany, Lena C. Emery lives and works in London. Greatly influenced by her itinerant upbringing, Emery draws on her experiences of moving between Europe and Asia, from rural village, to tropical peninsula and larger metropoles. Led by a renewed and poetic re-imagination of the symbiotic exchange between humanity and nature, she questions the human systems we’ve imposed upon our natural environment, creating work that speaks to our collective empathy.

 

Emery was selected Decade of Change Award Winner in 2021, a global environmental initiative by the BJP conceived to harness the universal power of the arts to galvanise climate action.

 

In 2023, in an effort to emphasise the necessity for well-regulated marine protected areas, Emery created a portfolio of 100+ underwater photographs documenting the Wakatobi National Park: At 18  I moved to a remote island where my father had co-established the Wakatobi Collaborative Reef Conservation Program and Dive Resort, turning 6km of privately sponsored reef sanctuaries into an effective no-fishing zone. By 2002 the success of ongoing conservation efforts created a precedent for proactive private sector and human rights based conservation, lead the Indonesian government to expand the area to over 1,390,000 hectares, creating what is known today as Wakatobi National Park. Wakatobi was added to the list of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in 2012, recognising it as one of the most biodiverse marine habitats with the highest number of reef and fish species in the world. Our oceans are the largest ecosystem on Earth, they regulate our climate and generate most of the oxygen we breathe. We must support their protection.

 

 

The British Journal of Photography referenced Emery’s book Rie as one of the most exciting projects of 2016. “When I first picked up Rie, I immediately knew this wasn’t an ordinary book of nudes. This openness creates pictures much like a breath of fresh air.”– Todd Hido

 

Emery’s book Yuka & The Forest draws on Japan’s powerful cultural connection to forests and donated 30% of profits to the WWF. “Emery’s images show a place that is some distance from the entrenched view of humans as subject and the world as an object, and offer a renewed perception of symbiosis.”– Kris Kozlowski Moore

 

Exhibitions

Upcoming: LENA C. EMERY: The Mountains Between Us – FRIEZE Gallery, No 9 Cork Street, Mayfair, London, 25-27 April 2024

 

Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art London, The Nest Summit New York, Asama International Photo Festival Miyota, Museum of Climate Change Hong Kong, Claire de Rouen London

 

Publications

Atmos, British Vogue, Dazed, Gestalten, M Le Monde, Pleasure Garden, Pop, Purple, Rizzoli, System, The Gentlewoman, The Plant, Wallpaper, WSJ

 

Nominations & Awards

Nominated for the FOAM Paul Huf Award 2015, UK Winners of Flash Forward Award 2016, Winner Decade of Change Award 2021, Prix du Livre d’Auteur Arles (Nominated)

 

Clients

Calvin Klein, Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Helmut Lang, Hermes, Lemaire, Stella McCartney, Tiffany & Co