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Emmett Sparling

Emmett Sparling is a Vancouver-based travel photographer and filmmaker sharing landscapes, wildlife and underwater stories, alongside short films, photography lessons and his book Thin Spaces.

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Overview

Home: Grew up on Bowen Island, British Columbia; based in Vancouver, Canada.
Work: Travel photographer, director and photography educator.
On the road: Travelling full time since 2016.
Early breakthrough: His first sponsored trip took him to the Czech Republic in July 2017.

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How it started.

Emmett grew up exploring Bowen Island with a camera, moving from backyard insects to the forests and ocean around him. He tried fashion photography in high school, then began building a travel portfolio during a gap year in Mexico and Indonesia.

Finding his audience.

His growing Instagram portfolio brought brand enquiries and his first sponsored trip in July 2017. He has travelled full time since 2016, photographing landscapes, wildlife, people and underwater scenes.

Stories beyond the photograph.

His films range from the ocean imagery of Lady of the Sea, made with Chelsea Yamase in French Polynesia, to The Desert Knight, a medieval comedy filmed with friends in Oman. Voyager grew from a script he began developing during lockdown.

Sharing the process.

Thin Spaces brings together travel photographs, journal entries and illustrations. He also teaches photography through Sony’s Alpha Camera Academy, where his lessons connect composition and light with the story behind an image.

Creditschronological, newest first

Photography education

2026Photo Fundamentals 201Instructor, Sony Alpha Camera Academy

Short films

2023The Desert KnightFilmmaker
2022BifrostFilmmaker
2021VoyagerWriter and filmmaker
2020Lady of the SeaFilmmaker, collaborating with Chelsea Yamase

Awards

Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year, runner-up2014 · Recognised for New Year over Cypress Mountain.

Quotes

Talent comes after ten years of hard work.Emmett Sparling, The Pierre T. Lambert Podcast

A line highlighted by the host in the April 4, 2022 interview about creative work and life on the road.

Trivia

His mother and uncles were photographers, early influences on his visual storytelling.
The idea for The Desert Knight came from a suit of armour found while travelling in the Middle East and a love of Monty Python.
He and Chelsea Yamase developed Lady of the Sea while waiting through rainy weather in French Polynesia.