Emma Vitallo
MFA - Art & Design - Photography
Making Magic While the Sun Hides
My photographic practice transforms the familiar—inherited objects, personal archives, and daily moments—to reimagine memory and reshape narratives. By layering, manipulating, and reconstructing images, I explore gaps in family history, creating metaphors for loss and resilience. Through physical overlays and digital composites, I question the stability of memory, revealing its complexities and the interplay of presence and absence. This work engages with the spaces between documentation and imagination, inviting viewers to reflect on their own histories and the transformative power of storytelling.
Another Handmade Heirloom, December 2024. 40 in x 60 in
My Shadow in the Pink Room, February 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Still of Play 006, March 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Pigeon Hoof, March 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Instincts, January 2024. 16 in x 10 in
Once Upon, April 2024. 16 in x 10 in
Stop at the Fairy Tree, March 2024. 40 in x 60 in
I'm (Alone) on the Moon, October 2024. 10 in x 8 in
Everything is Technicolor I
Everything is Technicolor II, September 2024.
After Noon Nap, 2024. 16 in x 20 in
Still of Play 001, 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Princess Mombi's Dancing Heads, May 2024. 17 in x 11 in
Secret Keepers, September 2024. 16 in x 10 in
Somewhere in the Middle, September 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Show Me Yours, Halloween 2024. 60 in x 40 in
Are you surprised?, April 2024. 16 in x 10 in
Three Horsemen, Halloween 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Dorothy & the Key, March-October 2024. 20 x 16 in
Journey to the Gnome King's Castle, November 2024. 24 in x 16 in
Reprisal, July 2024. 16 in x 24 in
Final Embrace, October 2024. 60 in x 40 in
Emma Jo Vitallo is a photographic artist exploring identity and connection through multifaceted approaches, most recently through the imaginative inheritance of the dollhouse from childhood that serves as a surrogate for family homes. She received an MFA in Photography at Northern Illinois University in 2025. Vitallo's work has been exhibited at the GETXOPhoto Festival in Spain, RIT City Art Space in Rochester, and online at Lenscratch and the Texas Photographic Society. They also collaboratively hold a Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Paper Snowflake.
See more at emmajovitallo.space