Tilly Scott Pedersen

Half Scottish and half Danish, born in Denmark in a small village on the North Sea. Tilly grew up with her two older brothers, her father a painter and her mother a teacher and craft maker. Growing up in the countryside, Tilly has always had a great love for nature and animals. She even rode her beloved pony "Bilbo" to the little country school near by, tied him up and went to class. But this country girl wanted to see the world! Growing up, she spent time in Scotland and decided to live there when she was a teenager, to get closer to her Scottish roots. That was just the first stop on her journey around Europe and later America. But her biggest dream was to live in New York City and at the age of 18 she made that dream come true. While studying documentary photography at a local collage in New Jersey, she got accepted to Parson School of Design in NYC. However, she struggled to make ends meet, with odd jobs while continuing her photography. One night she was coat checking in a trend