Artist Bio

Emma Hood is an American-British fine art photographer based in Idaho. Inspired by the New Topographics movement, particularly the work of Robert Adams, she explores the evolving relationship between place, time, and perception. While the New Topographics photographers documented external changes in the landscape, Hood takes this a step further, examining how both our surroundings and inner selves transform over time.

Her work is intentionally framed without subjects, emphasizing the structural elements of photography, shape, texture, and negative space, rather than portraiture. She is drawn to the hues of orange, yellow, and blue, using color as a tool to evoke memory, nostalgia, and the passage of time. Alongside photography, Hood incorporates digital collage into her practice, layering fragments of time and space to create compositions that reflect experience and perception.

Hood earned her BFA from Boise State University and has exhibited her work in numerous galleries, including Evermore, Trueblood Gallery, initial Point Gallery, Gallery 55, Common Well Studios, and Aberystwyth Arts Centre. She was an inaugural Show and Tell resident at Common Well Studios in 2024, a six-month artist residency funded by the Alexa Rose Foundation. Her work has received significant recognition, including awards from the National Federation of Press Women, SkillsUSA, and the Boise Squared Photography Contest.

Passionate about fostering creative growth, Hood has volunteered and served as a judge for the SkillsUSA photography competition, contributed to Catalyst Arts Collaborative, and worked with the Boise Art Museum as both a summer art camp assistant and a curatorial intern. Through these roles, she continues her commitment to education and community engagement.