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Emma Summerton

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Emma Summerton is an Australian photographer whose work developed from fine-art study and self-portraiture into fashion editorial and exhibition practice. Born in Wollongong, she studied photography and printmaking at Sydney's National Art School and moved to London in 1998. Her Polaroid self-portraits helped bring her work to the attention of fashion magazines in the mid-2000s.

She subsequently photographed for Dazed & Confused, Self Service, i-D and several international editions of Vogue, with a sustained creative partnership with Edward Enninful. Alongside these commissions she has continued making personal photographic work, exhibited in projects including Landed and 14 Spells. Summerton photographed the 2023 Pirelli Calendar.

Reviewed 2026-09-06

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