AMY SACKA
Amy Sacka is a documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Detroit, Michigan, who is passionate about celebrating the beauty of people and culture, particularly in Detroit and the Midwest. She is interested in what brings people together in a shared understanding of what it means to be human, including how place and history enhance the common ground we all stand on.
Amy is a two-time National Geographic grantee whose documentary work has been featured in publications from National Geographic to LensCulture to the Guardian, and exhibited everywhere from Les Recontres de Arles, Cortona on the Move, Detroit Institute of Arts and beyond.
Roller Skater, San Francisco, California, 2022 © Amy Sacka
Umbrella Man, Venice, California, 2024 © Amy Sacka
Bathers, Chicago, Illinois, 2020 © Amy Sacka
See You Tomorrow, Detroit, 2013 © Amy Sacka
Detroit Skateboarder, Detroit, 2020 © Amy Sacka
Watch Dog, Detroit, 2014 © Amy Sacka
Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, 2024 © Amy Sacka
Window Washers, Seattle, Washington, 2012 © Amy Sacka
Gratiot, Detroit, Michigan, 2022 © Amy Sacka
Phoenix Rising, Detroit, 2014 © Amy Sacka
Detroit Playground, 2014 © Amy Sacka
Gold Cash Gold, Detroit, 2020 © Amy Sacka
Ice under Mackinac Bridge, Lake Huron, Michigan, 2020 © Amy Sacka
Splash, Lake Huron, Michigan, 2020 © Amy Sacka
Fireworks on ice, 2018 © Amy Sacka
Marfa, 2021 © Amy Sacka
Icelandic Horses I, Iceland, 2019 © Amy Sacka
Icelandic Horses II, Iceland, 2019 © Amy Sacka
Clothesline, Iceland, 2019 © Amy Sacka
Icelandic Horizon, 2019 © Amy Sacka
Balloon Man, New York, 2024 © Amy Sacka
America Theater, Casper, Wyoming, 2020 © Amy Sacka
Cowboy, Gallup, New Mexico, 2021 © Amy Sacka
Dog and Snake, Belle Isle, Michigan, 2023 © Amy Sacka
Motown Man, 2014 © Amy Sacka
Cass & Lafayette, 2016 © Amy Sacka
Hamtramck Girl, 2015 © Amy Sacka
Detroit Tire, 2021 © Amy Sacka
Last Dance, Detroit, 2014 © Amy Sacka
Covered Car, Detroit, 2021 © Amy Sacka
Detroit Reflection, 2015 © Amy Sacka
Motown Couple, Detroit, 2014 © Amy Sacka
NYC Skateboarder, New York, 2024 © Amy Sacka
Utopia, Texas, 2021 © Amy Sacka
Amy Sacka photographs are printed on Canson Infinity Photographique II Satin Finish 310 gsm paper, signed and dated.
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