2016 - Present
Self-employed · Various cities / remote
Freelance Photographer, Creative Programmer and Video Artist
Emma-JaneMackinnon-lee
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02-13-1995 / BUDAPEST
I take photos, write code, make little video things, collect strange fabrics, and spend too much time thinking about how old images can become new stories.
Most of my work sits somewhere between photography, creative programming, video, fashion, and history. I like tools that let you mix things together: a camera, a scanner, a script, a projector, a second-hand jacket, an old family photo, a print file someone shared online at two in the morning.
Skills
PhotographyCreative codingVideo programmingProjection visualsGenerative image toolsFashion stylingVintage sourcingOpen source print designArchive researchImage editingShort-form videoScanning and digitisationVisual storytellingZine and small press productionBasic web designGitHub documentation
Life and things so far
2020 - 2021
DIGITALAX · Berlin
Fashion Designer
2023 - Present
Open Pattern Lab · London
Creative Technologist and Visual Researcher
2022-2024
Soft Machine Nights · Independent events collective
Video Programmer and Projection Assistant
2021-2023
Moth Market Vintage · Online / pop-up markets
Photographer and Digital Content Maker
Right now I am working on projects that combine photography, video programming, open source fashion, and historical image archives. I am always happy to hear from people making clothes, images, films, datasets, zines, prints, tools, or strange beautiful things that do not fit neatly into one category.
Selected Projects
Open Closet Files
A small ongoing project exploring DIY vintage fashion, open source prints and the history of clothing repair. Uses scanned fabrics, public domain images, simple code tools and photographed garments to create printable patterns and visual essays.
Public Domain Dress-Up
An experimental image and styling series using archive prints, old book illustrations and second-hand clothing to create playful historical looks without buying new fabric.
Tiny Video Machines
A collection of small browser-based video tools for artists, stylists and musicians who want to make lo-fi moving images from still photos, scanned textures and phone footage.
The Things People Kept
A photo and video project about ordinary historical objects: buttons, labels, receipts, sewing patterns, family photographs, handwritten notes and repaired clothes.
Tools
Adobe PhotoshopLightroomPremiere ProAfter EffectsDaVinci ResolveTouchDesignerp5.jsProcessingJavaScriptHTML and CSSBlender basicsFigmaGitHubNotionCapture OneOBSScanner workflowsDigital and analogue cameras
fashion history
public domain archives
