Alyse Emdur’s socially engaged projects feature marginalized and underrepresented individuals and ask viewers to consider the relationships between themselves and public institutions. Through long term research, social engagement, video installation and photography-based projects, Emdur’s work engages with the personal to explore larger social and political issues. Emdur received her MFA from the University of Southern California and BFA from The Cooper Union, New York. She has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally and published several books including “Prison Landscapes” documenting portraits studios in American prisons.