Learning To Let The Light In by Emma van den Akker in Philadelphia

Emma is a Philadelphia based artist. Emma’s portraits focus on showing her subjects in a natural and humanistic light, untampered by the social expectations of beauty, posture, and etiquette. Her figures dance along the fine line of femininity, with saturated pinks and oranges contrasted against poignant expressions and succinct gaze.Emma strives to bring her work to a larger audience and further explore the relationship between women and their self-image and perceived image.