Emma Louise Charalambous (b.1991) is a Cyprus-based photographer whose practice bridges analytical inquiry and visual storytelling. With a background spanning Environmental Science (University of Nottingham) and Documentary Photography & Photojournalism (University of Westminster), she approaches photography as a research-driven medium through which observations, traces, and lived experiences can be examined and articulated.
Emma primarily works within documentary approaches, focusing on environments where layers of time remain visible through material traces, spatial relationships and social rituals. Rather than producing definitive narratives, she is drawn to subtle continuities that reveal how people inhabit and transmit meaning across generations and space.
Her artistic practice has been showcased internationally, and her photographic prints are held in private collections across the globe, extending the circulation of her work beyond the exhibition context and into ongoing dialogues with collectors, domestic spaces, and lived environments.
Recent accolades include First Place and an Honorable Mention in the 25th Juliet Margaret Cameron Awards (December 2024), a shortlisting for the Athens Photo Festival (May 2024), and participation in the LAB2 Workshop (June 2024).
Education
2013-2014 – Masters in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism - University of Westminster
2010 – 2013 – BSc in Environmental Science - University of Nottingham
Exhibitions
11/2024 – ICPT24 – ‘Bloodhound’ Photobook exhibited at 7th International Conference on Photograph and Theory.
10/2024 – Solo Exhibition “Amensalism” at Diatopos Contemporary Art Space, Nicosia Cyprus
10/2023 – Divine Duality – group exhibition at Gallery 45, Limassol Cyprus
11/2018 – Self-published photobook ‘Bloodhound’ featured in ‘IAPT Photobook Exhibition’
11/2014 – ‘Bloodhound’ shown in group exhibition at AMBIKA P3 Gallery, London.
Awards, Shortlists & Other Activities
04/2026 - ‘People, Land, Memories’ Photography Residency at the National Gallery of Fine Arts Jordan
12/2024 – First Place and Honorable Mention in the 25th edition of Juliet Margaret Cameron Awards - Open Theme
06/2024 – Participated in LAB2 Workshop (as part of Athens Photo Festival)
05/2024 – Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival

