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Lena C. Emery (b. Germany; based in London) is a multi-disciplinary artist working across photography, material installation and moving image. Her practice reflects a quiet attentiveness to the natural world, exploring how human presence both shapes and is absorbed by its surroundings. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and institutional collections. In 2021 she was named a Decade of Change Award Winner by the British Journal of Photography for her contribution to environmental photography.

“Raised between continents and islands, Emery learned to navigate the fluidity of identity, the tension between rootedness and detachment. This duality is embedded in her practice: photography, writing, and installation become ways of tracing what is disappearing, what remains, and what lingers in between. Her images are quiet, yet they hold weight. Whether examining the fragile bond between humans and nature or challenging how we have been conditioned to see, Lena’s art is a process of revealing—peeling back layers, dissolving boundaries, and asking if we are truly paying attention.” – Tang Siyu

“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 images (Yuka & The Forest) 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

Clients
Calvin Klein, Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Burberry, Helmut Lang, Hermes, Lemaire, Stella McCartney, Tiffany & Co, Victoria Beckham

Publications
Atmos, British Vogue, Dazed, M Le Monde, Pleasure Garden, Pop, Purple, System, The Gentlewoman, The Plant, Wallpaper, Wall Street Journal Magazine

Books

2025 Gucci Prospettive 4: Ancora Londra (Contrasto Books)

2024 The Overview (Atmos)

2024 Pictures for Elmhurst

2024 Memorabile Ipermoda (Marsilio Arte)

2019 Still Life (Gestalten)

2019 Posturing: Photographing the Body In Fashion (SPBH Editions)

2018 Yuka & The Forest – Monograph (Art Paper Editions)

2015 Rie – Monograph (Kominek Books)

Public Collections
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Permanent Collection (Ohio)

Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Mountains Between Us, Frieze No. 9 Cork St (London)

2015 Rie, Claire de Rouen (London)

Group Exhibitions

2022 The Identity Exhibition, Sheriff Gallery (Paris)

2022 Moria, Sheriff Gallery (Paris)

2022 Posturing, Ground Floor Project (London)

2021 Decade of Change, The Nest Summit (New York)

2021 Asama International Photo Festival (Miyota)

2021 Decade of Change, Museum of Climate Change (HK)

2017 UnuoUnu, Parasol Unit (London)

Awards & Nominations

2020 Decade of Change Award by BJP (Winner)

2018 Prix du Livre d’Auteur Arles (Nominated)

2016 Flash Forward Award (UK Winner)

2015 FOAM Paul Huf Award (Nominated)