Emily Frazier is a documentary & humanitarian photographer based in Chicago, IL. Her work strives to tell true stories and shed light on the strength and resilience of those around the world. She hopes to capture emotion, culture, and art in her images.
Emily works alongside nonprofits, aid organizations, and businesses to photograph their teams, their work, their impact, and their story.
Emily spent her childhood in the Middle East and has since, traveled around the world learning other’s stories and perspectives.
“It is true that a picture can tell a thousand words. However, what thousand words? And who decides what they are? And what's my responsibility as a photographer to ensure that those thousand words tell a true story and dignifies that person?”
some personal archives,,,
Showing off new kicks at the airport, headed back home from America.
Learning how to photograph with my first camera in Venice, Italy 2010
Photographing a woman in her work kitchen during my first visit back to Turkey in 2019
A friend’s son walking through one of my collaborative photo exhibits with World Relief.
Working as writer, photographer, and communications coordinator for Mercy Ships.
Spent the summer of 2022 living at a Chateau building their website.
Decided I was ready for a new adventure and moved to Chicago March of 2024.
Spent summer of 2023 hosting Tuesday Themed Dinner parties with memphis friends.
