Amy
Stein
(b.
1970)
is
a
photographer
and
teacher
based
in
New
York
City.
Her
work
explores
our
evolving
isolation
from
community,
culture
and
the
environment.
Her
photographs
have
been
exhibited
nationally
and
internationally
and
are
featured
in
many
private
and
public
collections,
including
the
Philadelphia
Museum
of
Art,
the
Museum
of
Contemporary
Photography,
the
Nevada
Museum
of
Art,
SMoCA
and
the
West
Collection.
In
2006,
Amy
was
a
winner
of
the
Saatchi
Gallery/Guardian
Prize
for
her
series
Domesticated.
In
2007,
she
was
named
one
of
the
top
15
emerging
photographers
in
the
world
by
American
Photo
magazine
and
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won
the
Critical
Mass
Book
Award.
Amy's
first
book,
Domesticated,
was
released
in
fall
2008
and
won
the
best
book
award
at
the
New
York
Photo
Festival
that
year.
Amy
was
raised
in
Washington,
D.C.,
and
Karachi,
Pakistan.
She
holds
a
BS
in
political
science
from
James
Madison
University
and
an
MS
in
political
science
from
the
University
of
Edinburgh
in
Scotland.
In
2006,
Amy
received
her
MFA
in
photography
from
the
School
of
Visual
Arts
in
New
York.
She
teaches
photography
at
Parsons
The
New
School
for
Design
and
the
School
of
Visual
Arts
in
New
York
City.
Amy
is
represented
by
Robert
Koch
Gallery
in
San
Francisco,
ClampArt
in
New
York
and
Pool
Gallery
in
Berlin.