Born in 1992, single child, grown up in Beijing, moved to Sønderborg, a small coastal city in Denmark, in 2020.
Call me Emma.
Even my mom slips up sometimes.
Why I use film
Shooting on film brings a certain nostalgia and raw beauty — like your grandparents’ wedding album, but made for your story today.
With film, every click matters. It’s not just about capturing an image — it’s about honoring a moment.
With film, every click matters. It’s not just about capturing an image — it’s about honoring a moment.
Press the shutter and let everyday moments carry off the shadows of forgetting.
My buddies
Rolleiflex 2.8F
Leica M7
Pentax 67ii
Fujifilm GFX100Sii
I once worked in finance,
but chose to build a slower world —
a stationery-led lifestyle store in Beijing.
but chose to build a slower world —
a stationery-led lifestyle store in Beijing.
The shop was built around beautiful essentials — paper and ink, albums, stamps, washi tape — small rituals of recording, ways of keeping time in our hands.
Back then, stories were kept with words and drawings on paper. Journals filled with ink. Patterns pressed gently into pages.
Somewhere in those years, I began to understand how deeply we long to hold on to time. How important it is to record — not just milestones, but the quiet in-between.
Somewhere in those years, I began to understand how deeply we long to hold on to time. How important it is to record — not just milestones, but the quiet in-between.
Somewhere along the way, I met Peter.
We built a life together in Denmark, with our cat, Tangtang — 9 kg of pure personality.
We built a life together in Denmark, with our cat, Tangtang — 9 kg of pure personality.
When our daughters were born, time began to move too quickly. Words were no longer enough.
There were things a journal could not hold — the truest colors, the smallest gestures, the way light rested in a room.
So I reached for film.
Film felt closer to memory. Closer to how I remember life. I develop my own negatives in the darkroom at home.
Denmark changed the way I see.
Life here moves gently.
There is space between moments. Space to pause.
To notice the weather shifting over a field, the sound of bicycles passing, the quiet beauty of an ordinary afternoon.
Life here moves gently.
There is space between moments. Space to pause.
To notice the weather shifting over a field, the sound of bicycles passing, the quiet beauty of an ordinary afternoon.
Living here taught me how to slow down enough to truly see what surrounds me.
I’ve traveled through many beautiful countries, but Japan holds my heart.
Its ceramics. Its stillness.
Its reverence for small details
continue to shape the way I see.
Its ceramics. Its stillness.
Its reverence for small details
continue to shape the way I see.
I’m drawn to old farmhouses, the scent of used furniture, road trips and camping mornings, printed photo albums, and dappled light and shadow.
This is where my seeing begins.
