Woman Walking

In keeping with our mission to support and inspire creativity, we ask the artists we collaborate with to offer insight into their work, a look behind the scenes, and the opportunity for our readers to learn more about the process. For our latest fashion feature, photographer Emma Anderson answers our questions.
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What was the inspiration behind this shoot?
It was looking at movement studies, this one particular series of different women caught in very simple and soft motion, that the set designer Caz Slattery and I were talking about. It made me think of movement studies from the late-nineteenth century—the way a scientific series of images can be really poetic.
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What was the first step of putting together the concept and idea for this shoot?
It started with thinking about the set and a series of repetitive movements, ways to create these in-between intimate moments. I wanted to play with the space, shooting on a long lens from the rooftop to the street and mixing the recording of movement with surveillance, paired with really intimate sets in a room. Talking with Sachiko, the stylist, brought it all to life.
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What is your favorite image from this shoot and why?
Heeled feet standing at the edge of the baby blue carpet, and feet crunching in Louis Vuitton pumps.
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How do you typically find inspiration for your work?
At the moment, it’s movies, image archives (so thankful for Library180 & the New York Public Library image archives!), a lot of books. But it can be anything at different moments.
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What is something you wish you had known when you were starting your career?
To trust yourself, stay loose, be playful.