A woman sitting on a large fallen tree trunk on a beach, taking a photo with a camera. She is wearing a mustard yellow jacket and black pants, with her hair blowing in the wind. The background shows a cloudy sky and some grass.

Emma is a British-based documentary photographer and writer. Originally from New Zealand and now long settled in the UK, her work navigates the spaces between cultures, landscapes, and identities, exploring how belonging, memory, and displacement are shaped and reshaped over time.

A graduate of the University of the Arts London with a Master’s in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, Emma’s approach is rooted in ethical storytelling and a strong sense of place. Over the past two decades, she has photographed across Europe, Asia and Oceania, creating projects that weave together travel reportage, environmental portraiture and documentary enquiry. Her collaborations have ranged from national teams such as the British Olympic Bobsleigh squad to independent campaigns, including Girls Who Grind Coffee.

Alongside her photographic practice, Emma teaches in publishing and journalism at Bath Spa University, where she guides emerging writers and image-makers in digital storytelling, mobile journalism and photography.

Whether tracing the curve of a coastline, the pulse of a city street or the quiet weight of a portrait, Emma’s photographs linger on the idea that memory is both anchor and tide—something that roots us, even as it keeps us moving.