Biography
Amy Stanford Gaskin is a photographer and journalist based in Los Angeles. Extraordinary access is a hallmark of her images, which she earns by spending time with the people she photographs. She strives to capture intimacy and truth in her art. She is President Emerita of the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles (PPAGLA), a 90-year-old organization of over 400 members of the broadcast and still visual news media working in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Her new book Marilyn Forever! Marilyn Monroe—A Symbol of Hope (Roche Publishing) documents the personal reasons people are inspired by Marilyn Monroe for reasons far beyond her stardom. It was selected by People Magazine as one the the top 10 books (#3) about Marilyn Monroe.
Awards include: World Report Award Shortlist in Master Category; Five-time National winner, Best of American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); Four-time National winner, American Photographic Artists (APA); First Place, International Color Awards; Lucie Foundation (MOPLA); International Photography Awards; International Color Awards; Leica Award and FujiFilm Awards: Palm Springs International Photo Festival; Critical Mass, Top 50 winner. National Geographic, The Washington Post, STERN Magazine, The Guardian, Associated Press, BloodHorse, CBS, ABC, Los Angeles Times, and others have featured her work.
Her images have been selected for group shows by jurors from major museums and photographic organizations around the world, including the J. Paul Getty Museum; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Elizabeth Avedon, and others. Her horse racing images are in the permanent collection and display at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Especially close to her heart is the story of the Last Holocaust Survivor of Trochenbrod, Poland: Betty Gold, as well as her portrait series “Living Rough”.
The Staley-Wise Gallery in New York City is currently showing some of her images from the Marilyn series.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her Masters of Business Administration at USC (MBA) where she was awarded the Captain Winifred Q. Collins United States Navy Endowed Fellowship.
In 2024, she was inducted into the Council of One Hundred at Northwestern University, an organization of the university’s 100 distinguished living female graduates.
