Nature in its many forms is the protagonist in Emma's work : from the landscapes of the high pre-Andean plains, to portraits of single trees on the sidewalks and the surface of the oceans and rivers she visits. Photography is a means for Emma to pay homage to the natural world: she is concerned about its vulnerability and yet weaved within her work are the ideas of its resilience, philosophy and wisdom. She is interested in the symbolism and polarities represented by the landscape and its elements; in the stories of their past, present and future; and in the exploration of our relationship with the natural environment.
Emma's work has been in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, cultural centres and museums in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, France and Germany, and has been published in various international magazines including European Photography, NextLevel and Loupe. She has won first prizes in the London Photographic Association and Px3 competitions, as well as been nominated a Discovery of the FOTOFEST Meeting Place and a PDN 30 Photographer to Watch in 2010 and 2009 respectively. In 2017, Emma spent a month at the Vermont Studio Center artist residency.
A project that was born from fascination for the beauty and abstractness of the pre-Andean plains, rapidly evolved into a need to document this particularly fragile region, which is now under serious threat of desecration due to man’s eagerness to extract the rich minerals from its soils.
City trees in Buenos Aires show their individual character and awkward charm in this series of portraits by Emma Livingston.
