About Ema Peter
Ema is the principle of Ema Peter Photography. In the past 8 years she has works with some of the largest architectural, interior design and engineering firms in North America. Ema’s photography has helped many of these firms reach award winning status.
Her images have been published in Architectural Digest, Objekt International, Dwell, Wired, New York Times and many more.
Ema holds a masters degree in art and applied photography from the national academy of theatre and film arts in Sofia Bulgaria as well as a PHD in Photojournalism.
She started her career as a TV anchor on Bulgarian National TV and then as an intern at Magnum Photo Agency in Paris. She then led one of the largest photography teams in North America at VRX Studios Inc. She was also the lead photographer for ad campaigns at Hilton, Hyatt and Fairmont and was responsible for creating photography standards for some of the top hotel brands around the world.
Awards
2022 Architizer A+ Awards, Jury Winner for Architecture+Photography + Video
2021 Top Architectural Studio in the World – Architizer
2021 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2020 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2020 Spotlight awards shortlisted in the top 10
2020 Female Photographer Production Paradise Contest
2020 The Createaur Design Awards – Best Photography Award
2019 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2019 Canadian Architect Photo Award of Excellence
2019 Production Paradise Spotlight Awards Winner
2018 Architizer A+ Awards won both jury and public vote in Architecture+Photography + Video
2018 Award of Exellence – Inagural award of Canadian Architect for Photography
2017 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2016 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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HOUSE ON THE BENCH achieves ample space for grape growing by anchoring itself on the edge of the slope, to projecting outward and establishing a place for inhabitation that results in an unparalleled retreat above the valley.
The Tyhee Lake House was designed by Falken Reynolds for a young family returning to their roots in Smithers, BC. Located on Tyhee Lake, expansive windows take advantage of views to the lake, and mountains beyond.
The VanDusen house feels fresh and breezy but but also warm and inviting – the result of a light material palette accented with a rich mid-stained oak to reference the 1960’s.
The building at 55 East Cordova, a former relic of sand-blasted brick and old-growth timber, was a 150,000 sf warehouse built in 1909 by architect Edward Evans Blackmore in downtown Vancouver, B.C.
This one-bedroom loft spans 3,000 square feet of a former brick and beam garment factory. Two 2-bedroom apartments were transformed to create this unique city home for a professional couple
At the end of a long and winding driveway through the forest, White Rock House is perched above a steep rocky incline overlooking the north bank of the Gaspereau River Valley.
BLA Design Group creates a unique modern home which marries the West and the East, linking a Chinese-Canadian family’s present lifestyle to their past memories.
Masterfully designed by the award-winning architect D’Arcy Jones for refined living, Rotunda is an architecturally significant collection of homes in the heart of James Bay Village.
