Amy Elkins

I met Amy Elkins at the School Of Visual Arts about 3 or 4 years ago. Since I have met Amy she has always been incredibly passionate and diligent about photography. She is always creating and always making progress as a artists and a businesswoman. I have seen Amy's work grow and grow and im not surprised at her current level of Success. Expected would be a better word. I love hearing her talk about photography because of her knowledge of the industry and her ability to articulate her ideas, influence's, and reasons for composition,etc. Below are some of Amy's latest portraits. Congratulations on all your success.


Born in Venice Beach, CA in 1979, rooted in New Orleans, residing and working in New York with wanderlust for unfamiliar territories, Elkins’ work explores notions of vulnerability, identity and transitory states. Her ongoing series "Wallflower" investigates and confronts some of the cultural grounds underlying gender, opting to focus on the beauty, sensitivity and vulnerabilities found in a sex that has long been held to masculine expectations and stereotypes. For Elkins these portraits remain a personal and psychological delving into the other, finding the mannerisms of male role models in her personal life endlessly fascinating. Elkins received a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in May of 2007. Her work has been published in PDN, American Photo, EyeMazing, Dear Dave, NY Arts, Corduroy, Out, NY Times Magazine, Newsweek Japan and Newsweek here in the States. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions across the world, including the PIP International Photo Festival in Pingyao, China, Gallery Gagopa in Masan, South Korea, Gallery Elsa in Busan, South Korea, Yancey Richardson Gallery, Jen Bekman Gallery, PEER Gallery, Visual Arts Gallery and Affordable Arts Fair in NYC, Fette’s Gallery in Los Angeles and Aqua Art Fair in Miami, FL.

To see more of Amy's photography visit. http://www.amyelkins.com and http://www.amyelkins.blogspot.com