Jenna Haze - Limited Edition of 15 Photograph

Eva Napp is a people, lifestyle and fashion photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Picking up her father‘s old Asahi Pentax Spotmatic as a teenager she was quickly intrigued by photography. The most thrilling part for her was the rush of getting the film back from the photo store, often giggling from the excitement of looking through the prints on the way home. A nomad at heart, she travels around the world, constantly searching for surprising motives in the most uncommon places, ready to discover the strange, the beautiful, and the hidden unknown. Born in Korea but growing up in Germany, she experienced both cultures: the strict and formal society of her native Korea and the liberal and hedonistic Western lifestyles of Europe. Being exposed to such diversity has had a big impact on her visuals, views and interests. This broad view of extremes has inspired Eva to shoot brothels and swinger clubs to investigate the private/intimate and the public/commercial aspects of sexuality and voyeurism. But she is equally drawn to the quieter and forlorn moments that pass by in everyday life, here on our own doorsteps in America or in other foreign countries. As a visual storyteller, her camera opens up a window to a rich, surprising and obscure world that is intriguing to Eva. At the same time pushing her to examine fundamental questions about her own role as a female photographer and representation of women as a fetishist object. Eva’s work has been greatly influenced by the masters of the New American Color Photography from the 60’s and 70’s such as William Eggleston, Joel Meyerowitz and Stephen Shore. While living in Europe, these images cultivated the idea of the American Dream and the freedom of the vastness in her. When she isn‘t busy shooting assignments, Eva loves taking her old Dodge Ram van named “Mr. Shulgin” out on the open road which has led to the production of the series “The Long Road Home”.