Little Lion Film Fatale

Image by Edward Cunningham

EMMA PARLA-AZIZ IS A FILM PHOTOGRAPHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR THAT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MASSACHUSETTS WHILE TRAVELING TO CREATE ART.

EMMA USES ART AS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, AND UPLIFT OTHERS. BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN WITH FAMILY IMMIGRATING FROM AFRICA AND EUROPE, AS WELL AS BEING AN OPENLY QUEER PERSON, GIVES THEM A DIVERSE AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WHEN APPROACHING THEIR ART.

WITH FIERCENESS BALANCING SOFTNESS, REALISM BALANCING FANTASY, EMMA CREATES VISUAL STORIES THAT CAN OFTEN FEEL LIKE HAZY DREAMS OR STRANGE MEMORIES. 

THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR STORYTELLING, WANTING TO CREATE WORLDS FROM SCRATCH AND EVOKE EMOTION FROM THE AUDIENCE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. THEY ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY LITERATURE, MYTHOLOGY, FAIRY TALES, SPIRITUALITY/RELIGIONS, AND NATURE, WHILE EXPLORING THEMES SUCH AS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, BODY POSITIVITY, QUEER LOVE, AND CONNECTION. 

WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD, EMMA DONATES 10% OF ALL THEIR PROFITS TO ROAR, A NON PROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE LOCATED ON A BEAUTIFUL FARM IN OHIO. EMMA ALSO VOLUNTEERS THEIR SERVICES TO OTHER NON PROFIT ANIMAL RESCUES MORE LOCALLY.