Amber Samuel Photography

06/16/2018

This is an interesting bit of research on the connection between photography and memory...

Everyone’s phone has a camera in it, and you don’t need to be a professional to take fairly decent-looking but otherwise highly disposable snaps of the wor

01/12/2018

What information do you find most important on the front page of a website (the first page you see when you connect)?

07/18/2017

"No matter what my body looks like, no matter what I’m wearing, no matter what I say, somebody wants to bring the shame. At this point I know it has to do with them and not me, but that doesn’t mean I don’t experience the outcome of ingrained thought patterns that cause society to dehumanize and control women, especially as one living in a large body." - Dana Falsetti
Dana Falsetti is an internationally known yoga instructor, body positivity activist, Instagrammer, and occasional blogger who speaks openly and truthfully about her experiences.

This speaks so much to my experience as a woman who has always lived in a large body and as a photographer of women's bodies.
There is work yet to be done, there will always be work to be done. But This is an excellent reminder to Live Unapologetically, to Live Authentically.

Dana Falsetti shares her feelings about female sexuality, body image, and self love. Photos by Cheyenne Gil at her Philadelphia bo***ir studio.

05/24/2017

Again the power of photography proven well in the hands of Annie Leibovitz.

When Carrie Fisher passed away in December 2016, it was an enormous loss. Fans, family, friends, and former co-stars gave the actor an outpouring of love, applauding not just her talent, but also her vibrant spirit. The star gave a few final performa

05/12/2017

Every photographer I know aims to capture the truth behind the posed shots, the candid always carry more heart.

“This is what I love to photograph -- not the overly posed interactions.”

03/08/2017

The Power of Photography highlighting the Relentless Power of Women on this

02/02/2017

Photography has the clarity to tell stories within a single frame. Andrew H. Walker does this in his Dyptic Series.

The celebrities we know and love are not who we think they are… just like you are not the same person the outside world assumes you to be.

02/01/2017

The power of photography never ceases to amaze!

10/18/2016

Photography at its finest: Building bridges.

07/05/2016

I admire Pete Souza and am envious of the job he has gotten to do for the past seven and a half years.

06/28/2016

The power of photography at it again. Raising the conversation, changing minds, reinforcing what we already know to be true. Love is love. Everything that stands in its way is a social construct.

05/16/2016

In a world of selfies and snapshots, the ubiquitous camera-phone hybrid, all I want to do is take photographs. I wish photography were an art people still valued and it took the skill of an artist to create. But technology makes photographic artists' work nearly obsolete. That same technology has however probably given more than it's taken, it has expanded our ability to capture events in real-time from perspectives never before attained, it has allowed us a more vast exploration into the universe and our own ecosystems, it has captured political movements, personal moments, injustices, tremendous generosities, the view from the highest peaks and images from the darkest depths. It will give us a global community and real-time history lesson of we let it. Here's to evolution.