Luckily there are deadlines, otherwise queer photographer and director Emily Lipson from Brooklyn would get completely lost in the creative process.
People. Preferably those that catch Emily Lipson’s eye with some special feature. They are not even aware of their uniqueness – or think it’s terrible. Some of them have a gigantic gap between their incisors, for others it’s simply a facial expression that makes Emily Lipson press the shutter button so passionately. She was already that one child who tried to capture everything on camera before a dance lesson almost caused an obsession in Emily: Capturing movement in a single image. Back then, Emily shot videos of dancers, took screenshots of them, printed them out, scanned them in again and superimposed them digitally. Until life emerges, in the middle of the picture. She still does that today, roughly, even after the Visual Studies and the five years of professional training at Condé Nast. Bingo: Emily Lipson shoots fashion, editorials for W Magazine, Vanity Fair and many more. The photographer shoots photos at commercial shoots for Nike, Adidas, Urban Outfitters – and has already portrayed Fran Lebowitz and Emily Ratajkowski, to name but a few. The photographer’s keen eye puts her among the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Art & Style category. Yet somehow everything is just beginning for her: Emily Lipson devotes her thoughts to the focus she wants to set for herself. Fashion shoots are all well and good. Although this still captivates her, it is personal projects that drive Emily Lipson as an artist in the first place. Inclusion in front of and behind the lens – the photographer wants to post more queer content and build a strong community with her work. She continues to work tirelessly on her art, sitting in front of the printer, scanning prints, overlaying them digitally, correcting color on Photoshop and dragging the creative process on and on and on. Until she is not satisfied and starts all over again. Or the printer cartridge is empty.
Photo: ©Emily Lipson / @emily.lipson
