About Emily

Emily Sheffer is an art book designer and the founder of Dust Collective, a handmade and small edition photography book publisher.

Please contact Emily Sheffer at emily@dustcollective.net with your project idea.

  • Emily earned her MFA in photography from The University of Hartford, and BFA in photography from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

  • Emily’s studio is in Massachusetts.

    • Landscape photography

    • Book arts and independent publishing

    • Tactile and material processes in image-making

    • Collaborations with photographers and writers

    • Teaching and mentoring within arts education

    • History of photographic processes

    • Archival research and historical ephemera

    • Slowness and intention in creative process

    • Community building through books

    • Sustainability in art production