Emily Schiffer

Photographer

www.emilyschiffer.com

Carrying History

Follow Hire

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Nationality: USA

Biography: Whether merging photography and sculpture, working on decade-long photo documentaries, doing commercial photography, or collaborating on community-based projects, I actively engage the issues and ideas at stake in our visual culture. I enjoy... MORE

Carrying History

1 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

2 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

3 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

4 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

5 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

6 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

7 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

8 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

9 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

10 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

11 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

12 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

13 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

14 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

15 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

16 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

17 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

18 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

19 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

Carrying History

20 of 20 © 2023 Emily Schiffer

PLAY

STOP

GRID

FULL

LOVE

Close

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Thumbnail of Carrying History

Public Story

Carrying History

Copyright Emily Schiffer 2023

Updated Dec 2016

Topics Aging, Black and White, Borders, Candid, Children, Civil Wars, Community, Conceptual, Confrontation, Dictatorship, Discrimination, Documentary, Dying/Death, Editorial, Emotion, Environment, Environmental, Family, Fear, Fine Art, Freedom, Genocide, Health/Healing, Historical, Holocaust, Hope, Human Rights, Immigration, Isolation, Landscape, Loss, Love, Migration, Militias, Oppression, Personal, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Sorrow, Travel, Violence, War, Water, Youth

Recently, the Danube region has seen war, sanctions, invasions, occupations, and communist rule. This work examines how ordinary people carry these complex histories, and explores the environment as a vessel for memory.

This work was produced during "Danube Revisited: The Inge Morath Truck Project"

More images are available upon request.

4,553

Also by Emily Schiffer —

About

Nov 20, 2023

Home: A One Block Story

Emily Schiffer / Array

Oct 16, 2022

SEE POTENTIAL

May 1, 2017

We, Women

Feb 13, 2020

Staying Home

Emily Schiffer / Brooklyn, NY

Mar 28, 2020

Keds

Sep 18, 2020

Portraits

Emily Schiffer / Array

Jan 2, 2018 - Ongoing

Kin

Dec 31, 1969 - Ongoing

Album

Emily Schiffer / New York, Boston, Cameroon, Italy

May 6, 2016

Haul: Gift to My Daughter

Mar 16, 2016 - Mar 16, 2019

Cheyenne River

Jul 1, 2005 - Ongoing

Cheyenne River

Emily Schiffer / Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, USA

Jun 30, 2010

Sign-up for
For more access