Notes in Suzhou, China

by Emma Sywyj

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Obituaries in Orte, Italy

by Emma Sywyj

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“My artwork aims to capture and show life at it’s most vibrant & exciting. The photographs I take encourage people to see the intricacies & beauty beyond the everyday. My artwork is often centered around my immediate environment and cultural identity, I also celebrate culture in all its varied forms all over the world. I have photographed Europe & Asia capturing these countries and cultures as I experience them. I tried to learn the language of most of the countries I travelled in and my photographs are a way of understanding being multicultural and trying to be multilingual. My work encourages viewers to feel awe and joy in the travelers quest and the rewards that experiencing other cultures can bring whilst developing my own cultural identity through photography as well. My video art aims to highlight beauty and to see beyond the everyday too, and I like to showcase the magic of cinema and art itself by editing found footage from outtakes and screen tests together.”

Emma Sywyj has been an artist for 16 years, 5 of those years she was based in London whilst studying photography at Camberwell College of Arts at the UAL. From there she received a BA Honours in Photography & a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. She has exhibited her fine art photography internationally in the US in New York, LA, Art Basel Miami & San Francisco as well as in Europe in Athens in Greece & Budapest in Hungary. She has also exhibited nationally in the UK & London several times where she currently lives and works. She has been published in several independent art magazines in the UK & USA and exhibited her video artwork in international film festivals & galleries around the globe.

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