Eva Napp

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 r...

Masters Degree // Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London/GB

After doing her Bachelor‘s for 3 years in Communication Design, Eva concluded that she did not want
to be a graphic designer but become a photographer after all and was accepted at the prestigious
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London where she graduated in 2010 with a Master‘s
Degree. Joining the ranks of fellow-alumni such as Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Richard Long,
Antony Gormley and M.I.A.

April 2016
The Long Road Home
Part of „Broad Strokes, the official exhibition of Month of Photography Los Angeles“
Leica Gallery, Los Angeles / U.S.A.

June 2015
Untitled Moments
Row Gallery, Los Angeles / U.S.A.

2014
American Photographic Artists - Off the Clock
Photo LA, Saatchi & Saatchi, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Deutsch Inc, Ignited, Team One and Kaster & Partners
Los Angeles / U.S.A.

October 2010
72 hours in New York“ and „The Spectators
Pony Bar, Hamburg/Germany

July 2010
MA Communication Design – Graduation Show
Rochelle School, London/U.K.

January 2010
MA Communication Design – Work in Progress
Shoreditch Town Hall, London/U.K.

November 2009
Twenty10 – Group show by the MA Communication Design Students
Westminster Reference Library, London/U.K.