Emily Garthwaite is a British photographer and filmmaker.
Emily tells environmental and humanitarian stories, with a focus on coexistence, cultural memory, and displacement through still and moving images. Her photographic practice spans expeditions, source-to-sea journeys down the Tigris River, pilgrimages across Iraq, and walking with nomads in Iran, rooted in long-form, socially engaged immersive projects.
She holds a Master's in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from Westminster University, is a Leica Ambassador, and a Forbes 30 Under 30. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times, and has been exhibited at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Natural History Museum in London. She co-founded the Zagros Mountain Trail, the Kurdistan Region's first long-distance hiking route, and has walked over 1,500km across Iraq. She was based in Iraq for three years and now lives in the United Kingdom.
