Em White Photography

Included with regular Garden admission, free for members.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Photography Exhibition

Em White is an American photographer and visual artist specializing in vintage photographic processes and large-format work. Raised in rural Virginia, much of her work emphasizes personal relationships to land and the ways in which environment informs the emotional self. Drawing on her background in sociology, White examines how natural environments function as community spaces and the ways that they can connect and transform. Primarily self-taught, White’s approach to photography has been shaped by personal experimentation and opportunities to learn from established artists. She works with analog processes, valuing the ability to produce by hand for the slow movement they require and the present state of mind they demand.

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Em lives and works in Richmond, Virginia with her two dogs, Sadie and Gus. She runs a portrait studio where she collaborates with members of the community to produce tangible works in a digital era. She teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University and various community arts organizations.

You can visit Em’s exhibit “Sundown” in Ginter Gallery II in our Kelly Education Center.

On display from April 1 – May 30, 2023

Em White Photography