Amy Gaskin is a photographer and journalist based in Los Angeles, where her clients span the commercial and documentary fields. Extraordinary access is a hallmark of her images, which she earns by spending time with her subjects. She strives to capture intimacy and truth in her art.
The Washington Post, STERN Magazine, The Guardian, Associated Press, BloodHorse, CBS, ABC, Los Angeles Times, and others have featured her work.
Awards include: Critical Mass, Top 50 winner; Four-time National winner, American Photographic Artists (APA); Best of ASMP; First Place, International Color Awards; Lucie Foundation (MOPLA); International Photography Awards; International Color Awards; Leica Award and FujiFilm Awards: Palm Springs International Photo Festival.
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.
Her current project about Marilyn Monroe has been recognized by Critical Mass Top 50, American Photographic Artists, Best of ASMP, International Color Awards, and many others. The Los Angeles Times and STERN Magazine, Germany have published large features.
She is President Emerita of the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles (PPAGLA), an 88-year-old organization comprised of over 400 members of the visual news media working in the Greater Los Angeles area.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern and her Masters of Business Administration at USC (MBA) where she was awarded the Captain Winifred Q. Collins United States Navy Endowed Fellowship - a full-tuition merit award.
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.
Amy Gaskin by Bill Mochon
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