Emily Dessi-Makin

Emily Dessi-Makin

Junior Art Buyer & Production ManagerLondon, United Kingdom
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Emily Dessi-Makin

Emily Dessi-Makin

Junior Art Buyer & Production ManagerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a documentary photographer based in London and Liverpool with experience in film, editorial and fine arts photography. My personal work surrounds topics of mental health and relationships, with my last project 'Sa Pippia' being an exploration of my Sardinian heritage.
Projects
  • I MAY DESTROY YOU
    I MAY DESTROY YOUWorked as an art department photographer for Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You', taking images that were featured in gallery scenes. This is a short selection of my favourite images taken for Episode 11.
  • Sa Pippia
    Sa PippiaSa Pippia (translated roughly as ‘Little Girl’) is a photographic exploration of Em Dessi-Makin’s Sardinian heritage. Over the course of the winter months that turned 2019 into 2020 Em travelled clockwise from Burcei, through Cagliari, San Sperate and Cabras, taking photos of people and objects that she felt represented ‘home’. The images are a collection of captured moments of serenity: plants, views, traditional clothing and pauses for reflection at carnival celebrations. The calm aesthetic of
  • Production Coordinator
    Production CoordinatorThe Production Coordinator is an important role in the pre-production planning process of a film production. During my time in this role I have been in charge of finding and booking studios, crew, hotels, and flights. I have also been in charge of petty cash, and ensuring all receipts are kept and stored in a system that helps with the accounting, and I have been the first point of contact from planning shoots, to passing invoices on at the end of a shoot. This role overlooks the entire producti
  • People's Garden
    People's GardenImages of Birkenhead.
  • Guerilla
    GuerillaA small selection of images that I took for Sky Atlantic drama Guerilla.
  • Portraits
    Portraits
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Skills
  • Editorial Photography
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Fashion Photography
  • Indesign
  • Digital Photograhy
  • Art Direction
  • Magazine Design
  • Film Photography
  • Premiere Pro
Education
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    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    BA(Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary PhotographyUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
    London, United Kingdom
    Graduated with a First Class Honours in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography. My final project was a personal exploration of my Sardinian heritage and my dissertation topic was questioning how the British working class are fetishised in image-making today.