Emma Becker press portfolio by Andrei Kovalev: a woman glances back over her shoulder by a sunlit window.

Emma Becker

In September 2014, the French publisher Éditions Denoël commissioned me to make a press portfolio for Emma Becker, who writes intellectual erotic fiction.

Emma Becker sits on a garden chair in a white dress, dark trees behind her.

Emma Becker sits on a garden chair in a white dress, dark trees behind her.

We decided to play with that, without being too “in your face”. In this dreamlike shoot, Emma is seductive yet romantic, feminine yet strong.

Emma sits at a dressing table by tall windows, her face caught in a folding mirror.

Emma stands in a black coat against a stone wall overgrown with vines.

Emma sits in a white dress among green garden chairs and plants.

Emma looks away in the dark, hair blowing, a hand at her chest.

The Denoël cover of Emma Becker’s novel Alice, with her portrait.

Emma sits at a dressing table by tall windows, her face caught in a folding mirror.

Emma stands in a black coat against a stone wall overgrown with vines.

Emma sits in a white dress among green garden chairs and plants.

Emma looks away in the dark, hair blowing, a hand at her chest.

The Denoël cover of Emma Becker’s novel Alice, with her portrait.

One of the portraits we shot that day became the cover of Alice, Emma’s then-upcoming second novel.

And of course, we couldn’t resist a nod to a certain cultural phenomenon.

Emma lies in dark water among reeds, eyes open, in a white dress.

Emma lies in dark water among reeds, eyes open, in a white dress.

Production crew

Stylist and assistant: Tatiana Almond

Emma sits on a crate in a white dress at night, her hair blowing.

Emma sits on a crate in a white dress at night, her hair blowing.

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