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About:
Emily was born in New York City to an auditorium full of nursing students and grew up in Houston, Texas. Her original style connects her diverse portfolio, mixing vibrant color and personality with strong conceptual storytelling. Whether shooting portraits of well-known celebrities and athletes, global campaigns, or personal projects, Emily’s work celebrates unique characters and a singular point of view. She was selected as a winner in the Art Director's Club Young Guns competition early in her career, and her images have since been published in various collections including Milk and Honey: Contemporary Art in California, Photographers' Sketchbooks, and eight editions of American Photography. Her work has been exhibited at London’s National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Hirshhorn Museum, International Center of Photography, and is held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Emily’s first monograph, Super Extra Natural!, was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2017; showcasing photographs made throughout 12 years of happy wanderings in Japan. Her second book, Sunshine Terrace, was published in Spring 2025 by Deadbeat Club and is focused closer to home in and around Emily’s neighborhood in Los Angeles, where she currently lives in a creaky old house with her husband.
Commercial
Representation: Giant Artists | (323) 660-1996 | info@giantartists.com
Syndication: AUGUST | (212) 777-0088 | info@augustimage.com
Editorial Commissions & Print Sales*:
studio@emilyshur.com or visit my Shop
*For requests to use, purchase, or reproduce images from the Four Freedoms series please contact info@forfreedoms.org.
Selected Client List:
Adidas, Alaska Airlines, Amazon Studios, American Express, Apple, AT&T, Audible, Bloomberg Businessweek, booking.com, Budweiser, Bust Magazine, Chrysler, CBS, Disney, Dodge, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN, Esquire, FOX, GQ Magazine, Hilton, HBO, Hulu, Interview Magazine, Men's Health, MTV, National Geographic, NBCUniversal, New York Magazine, Netflix, Nike, Paramount Pictures, Random House, Samsung, Sony Pictures, Sprint, Sprite, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, Toyota, Travel + Leisure, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Uber, Upwork, Vanity Fair, Vitamin Water, Vogue Japan, Wired
Selected Press:
The Photographic Journal
Musée Magazine
Frames Magazine
Sotheby's
The New York Times
The Guardian
Lenscratch: Photographers on Photographers
Fraction Magazine
British Journal of Photography
PDN's Notable Photo Books
PDN Photo Annual
It's Nice That
AI-AP
Fstoppers