Emmalee Rathsam is an award-winning, published professional photographer based in Kansas City.
Exhibitions 2025
Homage to the Hand | Kansas City, Missouri
Our First Impression | Kansas City, Missouri
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Eyes of Time | Finalist | Commercial
Awards 2025
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER
8x8 Juried Exhibition
Exhibitions 2024
Awards 2024
ICON INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Unfinished | Gold | Creative Divison | Portrait Creative Individual
Put Together | Silver Distinction | Creative Divison | Portrait Creative Individual
11:11 | Silver | Creative Division | Fashion + Beauty
Scoliosis | Silver Distinction | In-Camera Artistry Division | Open
Dollhouse | Silver | Creative Division | Fashion + Beauty
Trapped | Silver | Portrait Divison | Children
Paris Streetscape | Silver | Portrait Division | Portrait Narrative
Scoliosis | Silver | Portrait Division | Teenager
Lady in Black | Silver | Portrait Divison | Individual
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Miss Marionette | Platinum | Illustrative Portrait
Power of Time | Bronze | Children & Teens
The Entomologist | Bronze | Natural Portrait
Awards 2023
ICON INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Marionette | 2nd Place | Creative Fashion + Beauty
Power of Time | Silver | Portrait | Children Teenager
Josephine | Silver | Portrait | Children Teenager
Lost in Time | Silver | Portrait Creative
Detached | Silver | Creative Fashion + Beauty
Awards 2022
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
The Detective | Merit
Agatha | Merit
WEDDING & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS INTERNATIONAL
The Detective | 2nd Place | Portrait Individual
The Detective | Silver Distinction | Portrait Individual
Linear Delusion | Silver Distinction | Fashion & Beauty
The Seamstress | Silver | Portrait Individual
PORTRAIT MASTERS
The Entomologist | Silver | Portrait Individual
Josephine | Silver | Portrait Individual
Lily | Bronze | Portrait Individual
Lee | Bronze | Portrait Individual
Awards 2021
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
2020: The Dark Year | Image Excellence Collection
Published 2020
A Shift to Macro Photography While Social Distancing was published in Professional Photographer magazine in July 2020.
Awards 2019
SHUTTERFEST
3 Merits | Portrait | Beauty
Awards 2018
SHUTTERFEST
2nd Place + I Merit | Portrait | Beauty
Awards 2017
SHUTTERFEST
3rd Place + 3 Merits | Portrait | Children
Awards 2016
SHUTTERFEST
1st Place + 3 Merits | Portrait | Newborn
Awards 2015
SHUTTERFEST
3 Merits | Portrait | Beauty & Fashion