EMMA PEGRUM
Projects, Information,
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Heat II $160.00

Heat III $160.00

El Poble-Sec I $160.00

El Poble-Sec II $160.00

Figure I $90.00

Figure II $90.00

View From Brooklyn Bridge (Blue) I $160.00

View From Brooklyn Bridge (Blue) II $160.00

Year

Project

Client

Service

2022–2023
Never At Sea
Kate McMillan
Creative Production

An upcoming series of collaborative, immersive live performances and an exhibition, directed by contemporary artist Kate McMillan, at St Mary le Strand Church, London in March 2023.

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2021–2022
Dalison
Ian Strange
Creative Production, Writing, Film Production

Creative and story production for Ian Strange's large-scale architectural intervention and film work, "Dalison".

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2021
The View From Here
The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Creative Production, Writing, Film Production

Writing, production and story direction on a series of documentary shorts about Western Australian artists for AGWA.

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2021
AGWA Paper
The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Creative Production, Editing, Writing, Publishing

Edited and produced the pilot issue of AGWA Paper, a new arts broadsheet conceptualised for The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA).

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2021
Paradise
Daniel Dorsa
Writing

Biographic and didactic text for New York City photographer Daniel Dorsa and his book "Paradise" (Pomegranate Press).

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2021
One Another
Tonje Thilesen
Writing

Biographic and didactic text for New York City-based photographer Tonje Thilesen and their book "One Another" (Pomegranate Press).

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2021
Candids 21/22
Personal Project
Photography

A collection of photographs taken between 2021 and 2022 in Western Australia.

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2021
Wish You Were Here
Emma Regolini
Photography, Writing

Exhibition essay and photographic documentation for artist Emma Regolini's debut solo exhibition at Pig Melon, Perth, Australia.

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2021
Trunk
Olive Gill-Hille
Photography, Writing

Exhibition essay and photographic documentation for Olive Gill-Hille's debut solo exhibition with Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert in Sydney, Australia.

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2021
Showroom Photography
Mobilia
Photography

Photographic documentation of Mobilia's Claremont showroom, highlighting global design brands such as Cassina, Fritz Hansen and Memphis Milano.

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2020–2022
Portraits
Various
Photography, Art Direction

An assortment of photographic portraiture from both commissions and personal projects.

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2020
Modern Minimalism
Man-tle
Writing

Essay on the work of Larz Harry and Aida Kim, co-founders of clothing brand Man-tle, held in the archives of The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

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2020
The Myths That Made Me
Personal Project; "Co-ordinates" Exhibition
Photography

An ongoing photographic series exploring connection to home and rural Australian identity. Early works from the series were shown in the group exhibition Co-ordinates, curated by Karl Kalliday and Henry King, at Pig Melon in Perth, Australia.

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2019–2020
Candids 19/20
Personal Project
Photography

A collection of photographs taken between 2019 and 2020 across Western Australia, Europe and in Beijing.

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Emma Pegrum is a journalist, creative editor, photographer and multi-faceted producer who works across a variety of editorial and interdisciplinary artistic projects. She is the co-founder and editor in chief of Mess Books, an Australian book publisher interested in art, photography, design, architecture and literary non-fiction. Primarily writing profiles and features with a focus on the arts, culture and society, Emma’s work has been published by titles such as T Australia: The New York Times Style Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Broadsheet Media and Fabric Quarterly, among others. She has also worked as a commissioning editor and photo editor, and most recently edited and produced the pilot issue of AGWA Paper, a new arts broadsheet conceptualised for the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA). Emma also wrote, produced and story directed a series of documentary shorts about Western Australian artists for AGWA and oversaw the production of a variety of creative collateral as the gallery undertook a major rebrand. She has also written exhibition essays and biographic and didactic text for a number of private commissions.

Emma specialises in working with a diverse range of collaborators across editorial, design, film, digital media, academia and the visual arts to produce large-scale creative projects, with her own background in journalism, writing and visual storytelling ensuring a cohesive end result.

Her narrative-driven photographic practice explores contemporary Australian identities, place, nostalgia and relationship dynamics. She is a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 and her work has been exhibited at the Perth Centre for Photography, as well as at Pig Melon in the group show Co-ordinates, curated by Karl Halliday and Henry King.

Contact

Email

mail@emmapegrum.com

Instagram

@emmapegrum

Clippings

@emmapegrum

Services

Journalism, writing and editing, photography, creative, film and arts production, creative direction, concept development, publishing.

Press

National Portrait Gallery — Finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022.

Emma's projects have been featured in national and international press.

Sydney Morning Herald, February 26, 2022
Haunting artwork evokes the neighbourhood that didn’t need to disappear.
This article was first published in Spectrum, The Age, and also appeared online for The Age, Brisbane Times and WA Today.

Design Boom, March 2, 2022
Ian Strange & Trevor Powers to release short film as eulogy for isolated Australian house
.

Selected Clients

T Australia: The New York Times Style Magazine / Harper's Bazaar / Broadsheet Media / Vogue Living / Fabric Quarterly / Pipette Magazine / Gourmet Traveller / Australian Traveller / The Art Gallery of Western Australia / Ian Strange / Tonje Thilesen / Daniel Dorsa / Olive Gill-Hille (Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert) / Emma Regolini (Pig Melon) / Mobilia / Museum of Freedom and Tolerance