Bio

"Regardless of the subject matter, I'm interested in depicting obvious and essential details of life, which are often overshadowed by larger, more attention-grabbing circumstances."

B. 1980. In 2003 Emily Schiffer received her BA in Fine Art and African American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2005, she founded the My Viewpoint PhotographyProgram for youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, where she continues to teach and shoot. Awards include: the 2009 Inge Morath Award, presented by Magnum Photos and the Inge Morath Foundation, a 2006-2007 Fulbright Fellowship in Photography, and recognition as one of the top ten portfolios for the 2007 Leica Oskar Barnak Award. Emily has exhibited her photographs in the US, France, the Philippines, and Japan. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan, Foto Baryo, Philippines, and The Center for Fine Art Photography, US. Emily lives in Brooklyn, NY and is available to work internationally.