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Emily Carrell
Photography BA

Edinburgh College of Art

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Photography / Glass / Installation/Sculpture

My location: London, United Kingdom

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Edinburgh College of Art

Emily Carrell

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First Name: Emily

Last Name: Carrell

University / College: Edinburgh College of Art

Course / Program: Photography BA

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Photography / Glass / Installation/Sculpture

My Location: London, United Kingdom

About

My work resists the anthropocentric belief that places humans at the centre of existence, offering a reminder of our inherent interconnectedness and that by destroying Earth we are ultimately destroying ourselves. My work functions as a space for reconnection, inviting viewers to slow down, reflect, and reconsider their relationship to the natural world. Ecofeminist theory informs my practice, particularly in the belief that the exploitation of the environment and the oppression of women stem from the same patriarchal systems. I give up some agency to nature in my processes, working with homemade plant-based film developer and bioplastics on glass. These slow, low-impact processes embrace chance, failure, and material degradation as collaborators rather than flaws.

My work resists the anthropocentric belief that places humans at the centre of existence, offering a reminder of our inherent interconnectedness and that by destroying Earth we are ultimately destroying ourselves. My work functions as a space for reconnection, inviting viewers to slow down, reflect, and reconsider their relationship to the natural world. Ecofeminist theory informs my practice, particularly in the belief that the exploitation of the environment and the oppression of women stem from the same patriarchal systems. I give up some agency to nature in my processes, working with homemade plant-based film developer and bioplastics on glass. These slow, low-impact processes embrace chance, failure, and material degradation as collaborators rather than flaws.