FINALIST
Elliott Gallery,
Amsterdam

JUNE 22, 2024 A selection from Street Dailies is shortlisted for a call for exhibitions at Elliott Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


Verdens Lege Book Exhibition,
Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum,
Hjørring, Denmark

OCTOBER 14, 2023-FEBRUARY 25, 2024 The exhibition of photographs of author Louise Banke’s book Verdens Lege (“Children Playing”), published by Gyldendal (Denmark, 2021), travels to Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum. The book contains hundreds of children’s games throughout the world accompanied by photographs of children playing in settings worldwide, including an image from Street Dailies and another from Amy’s travels in the American South.


The New Southern Exposition,
Street Dailies,
Old Louisville, KY

OCTOBER 8, 2023 “The New Southern Exposition” pop-up art market located on the hemline of the St James Art Show in Old Louisville, Kentucky, includes a selection of prints from Street Dailies. Curated by Jodie Bass. Free and open to all!

618 West Magnolia Avenue, Louisville, KY
2 blocks west of St James Court
Sunday, Oct 8, 10am-5pm


Verdens Lege Book Exhibition,

Kastrupgård Samlingen Museum,
Kastrupgård, Denmark

JUNE 16-OCTOBER 1, 2023 An exhibition of photographs included in author Louise Banke’s book Verdens Lege (“Children Playing”), published by Gyldendal (Denmark, 2021), opens at Kastrupgård Samlingen Museum. The book contains hundreds of children’s games throughout the world accompanied by photographs of children playing in settings worldwide, including an image from Street Dailies and another from Amy’s travels in the American South.


Bus Shelter Photo Mural,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
Seattle, WA

2023-onward Images from Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn are installed as a 35mm film strip in King County Metro bus shelter #8110 northbound on Rainier Avenue South and South Rose Street in Seattle, Washington. Curated by Photographic Center Northwest and King County Metro, the film strip is one of 100 images chosen to be printed on 2’ x 8’ exterior grade signage material and installed in bus shelters, where it may remain for up to ten years. Watch this video to see behind-the-scenes footage!


Portraits: Hellerau Photography Award & Exhibition,


Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
Dresden, Germany

MARCH 17-JUNE 11, 2023 Twenty images from Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn are finalists in the Portraits: Hellerau Photography Award 2023. Opening ceremony takes place March 16 at 7pm at Technische Sammlungen Dresden Museum of Science and Technology in Dresden, Germany, which will be live-streamed on YouTube. The photographs of the finalists exhibit in the museum until May 2, 2023.


Lucie Photo Book Prize Shortlist,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

DECEMBER 9, 2022 The Lucie Foundation shortlisted Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for its annual Lucie Photo Book Prize.


What Will You Remember?
Favorite Photobooks of 2022,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

NOVEMBER 29, 2022 “What Will You Remember?” lists Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn as one of its favorite books of 2022. See the entire list here.


Little Big Galerie,
New York Street Portraits,
Paris, France

NOVEMBER 10-28, 2022 Amy exhibits photographs from Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and Street Dailies at Little Big Galerie in Paris, France. Please join Amy for the in-person opening & book signing on November 10 from 6-9pm at Little Big Galerie located at 45 Rue Lepic in the charming neighborhood of Montmartre.


Bronx Documentary Center
Photo Auction Benefit,


Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

OCTOBER 27, 2022 from 6-9pm The Bronx Documentary Center hosts an in-person Photo Auction Benefit in New York City, which will include a signed 16”x16” print from Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

The Photo Auction Benefit will feature signed prints and books from internationally-renowned photographers, as well as documentary images from the BDC community of emerging photographers. Funds raised from the event help the Bronx Documentary Center bring free exhibits, after-school programs, fellowships, neighborhood events, and more, to the South Bronx community. Get details here.


Lincoln Center,


”Celebrating Greg Tate,”
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy,
Brooklyn

JULY 17, 2022 at 7:30pm The Tate Family, Lincoln Center, and Photoville will honor Greg Tate's life and work with the pop-up exhibition, In Praise of Shadow Boxers, Dissonance & Dissidents. The exhibition features six-foot prints by 24 artists with whom Tate was in community and whose work he championed. Mounted on Photoville exhibition cubes, each image is accompanied by a personal statement by that artist about Tate. View the exhibition.

Featured artists: Aisha Tandiwe Bell, Amy Touchette, Arthur Jafa, B+, Barron Claiborne, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, Dread Scott, Ellen Gallagher, Fab 5 Freddy, Futura, Krista Franklin, Lee Quiñones, Ming Smith, Nettrice R. Gaskins, Petra Richterová, Radcliffe Bailey, Robert Pruitt, Ronda Brown, Sanford Biggers, Satch Hoyt, Simone Leigh, Vernon Reid, and Wangechi Mutu. All artists were selected by The Tate Family, which curated the exhibition.


Photoville,
”The Brooklyn Connection,”


Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

JUNE 4-DECEMBER 31, 2022 Images from Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn and other street portraits exhibit in “The Brooklyn Connection,” curated by Jamel Shabazz. Presented by Photoville and Prospect Park Alliance, and sponsored by MPB, it takes place in Prospect Park, Brooklyn outside Lefferts Historic House and can be viewed anytime the park is open.


Kolga Tbilisi Photo Mobile Photography Award,
Street Dailies,


Tblisi, Georgia

MAY 7, 2022 “Lee Avenue, South Williamsburg, Brooklyn” from Street Dailies garners the Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2022 Mobile Photography Award. Watch a video of opening night.


Best Photography Books 2021 by Elizabeth Avedon,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

FEBRUARY 2022 Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn is included in Elizabeth Avedon’s “Best Photography Books 2021 Round Up” published in South x Southeast photomagazine.


Critical Mass Top 50,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

SEPTEMBER 2021 Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2021 includes Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in its Top 50, an award voted on by 200 esteemed international photography professionals.


SPRING/BREAK Art Show,


Shoot the Arrow,
NYC

SEPTEMBER 8-13, 2021 A mural-size gelatin-silver print made by Amy in the darkroom, “Backstage at Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn” (62” x 42”) from Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*, is included in an exhibition booth curated by Ulli Rimkus and Gregg Woolard in SPRING/BREAK Art Show.

SPRING/BREAK Art Show exhibition “Hearsay:Heresy” takes place at 625 Madison Avenue, between 58th and 59th Streets.


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Critical Mass Finalist,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

AUGUST 2021 Amy’s series Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn is one of 200 finalists that have advanced to the final round of Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2021.


Rockefeller Center Flag,


Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
NYC

MARCH 27-APRIL 30, 2021 An image from Amy’s forthcoming monograph, Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy Brooklyn (Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam), is part of “The Flag Project,” a public art installation made in partnership with Aperture Foundation displaying about 80 images as 8’x5’ flags on the iconic flagpoles of Rockefeller Center. Watch a video.


Street Portraits,


Little Big Galerie,
Arles, France

AUGUST 17-SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 A selection of street portraits exhibit at Little Big Galerie in Arles, France.


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Women Street Photographers,
State Historical Museum,
Chelyabinsk, Russia

AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 Curated by Gulnara Samoilova, the founder of “Women Street Photographers,” the group exhibition of street photography takes place as part of the FIAP Biennale.


#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis,
International Center of Photography Museum,
NYC

AUGUST 11, 2020 #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis is a selection of photographs collected from the ICP Concerned hashtag, initiated by ICP in March 2020. The ICP museum is now open, and the exhibition is on view. Through the audio guide, hear directly from a selection of contributing photographers (including Amy) to learn more about the stories behind their images.


The Art of Staying Home,
COVID-19 Benefit


Online Art Auction,
Blank White Space,
London, England

APRIL 10-APRIL 17, 2020 An online art auction organized by London-based art consultant Blank White Space, all proceeds from “The Art of Staying Home” go to Global Giving’s Coronavirus Relief Fund and Meals for NHS. Amy donated a digital C-print of “Dekalb Avenue, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn” and a deck of New York City Street Dailies playing cards (which features this image as ace of clubs). Please help us raise money for the individuals helping to fight COVID-19 during this difficult time!


National Portrait Gallery,
Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
London, England

NOVEMBER 7, 2019-FEBRUARY 16, 2020 Celebrating and promoting the best in contemporary portrait photography from around the world, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition will take place at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. The selected images, many of which will be on display for the first time, explore both traditional and contemporary approaches to photographic portraiture. The exhibition features 57 works, including three images from Amy’s latest, unreleased series, Personal Ties: Street Portraits of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.


Truth Lies Beyond,
Foley Gallery,
NYC

AUGUST 20, 2019 A pop-up exhibition at Foley Gallery in NYC’s Lower East Side, Truth Lies Beyond features a diverse array of contemporary artists whose work reflects a rigorous engagement with prevailing aesthetic and social concerns of our time. Proceeds benefit the #SendLindseyHome effort and the U.S. Senate candidacy of Jaime Harrison.


The Young Series,
Purdue University
Visual Arts Gallery,
Fort Wayne, IN

FEBRUARY 18-MARCH 22, 2019 This solo exhibition of Amy’s series of teenagers, The Young Series, is a compilation of New York Young, O'ahu Young, and Tokyo Young. Her artist talk is February 21, at 5pm. View the press release.


Street Dailies,
ICP Spotlights Auction,
Park Avenue, NYC

OCTOBER 23, 2018 Two of Amy’s images from Street Dailies are included in ICP’s annual auction, which this year honors artist Mickalene Thomas and women in visual arts working in photography and film. Proceeds benefit ICP’s education and exhibition programs.


"Taylor Mac at The Slide,"
ICP Museum,
NYC

MAY 22-28, 2018 Talk in Images, presented by ICP in partnership with Huawei, explores the power of photography to act as a universal language. Notable visual storytellers lead conversations around topics such as “love,” “work,” and “hope” through photos posted on social media. A laboratory of sorts, the series explores the power of imagery to spark meaningful, socially engaged, and conscientious visual conversations on a global scale.

Talk in Images—Body, which includes this image, offers a first-look at the sixth theme of the series. Images from the series can be viewed during the day on monitors inside the ICP Museum and during evening hours on the windows of the museum. They can be viewed from the sidewalk outside the museum and are most visible after sunset.


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The Young Series,
California Polytechnic State University Art Gallery,
San Luis Obispo, CA

FEBRUARY 22-MARCH 16, 2018 In this solo exhibition, Amy debuts her series of teenagers comprising New York Young, O'ahu Young, and Tokyo Young. She will also give a talk opening night, February 22, at 4pm. View the press release.


2017 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award Nominee

NOVEMBER 2015 For over sixty years, John Gutmann made an imprint as an artist and educator on the development of photography as an art form. Through his philanthropic generosity, annual awards of $5,000 to $10,000 are made to an emerging photographers in the field of creative photography, who exhibits professional accomplishment and serious artistic commitment, along with financial need. The candidates for The John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award are determined by nomination only. The candidates are nominated and the portfolios are juried by professionals who were appointed by John Gutmann, according to the criteria outlined in The John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Trust.


Street Dailies,
Greenpoint Open Studios,
NYC

JUNE 3-4, 2017 A solo exhibition of Street Dailies shows in Lick Studios, 67 West Street in the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.


McCarren Park Pool
Changing Room,

Hamburg Triennial of Photography,
Hamburg, Germany

JUNE 18, 2015 Hamburg Triennial of Photography in Hamburg, Germany, celebrates opening night with "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby," a multimedia presentation curated by Jamel Shabazz and made possible by Photoville/United Photo Industries that includes McCarren Park Pool Changing Room and a number of other American photographers who live and photograph in Brooklyn.


Shoot the Arrow,
Leica Gallery-Warsaw,
Warsaw, Poland

MARCH 31, 2015 Leica Gallery in Warsaw, Poland, includes Shoot the Arrow in its debut slideshow event.


Street Dailies,
Max Fish,
NYC

NOVEMBER 24-JANUARY 9, 2015 A solo exhibition of Street Dailies shows at Max Fish, 120 Orchard Street, NYC.


McCarren Park Pool
Changing Room,

Photoville,

NYC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Photoville celebrates opening night with "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby," a slideshow curated by Jamel Shabazz that includes McCarren Park Pool Changing Room


Shoot the Arrow,
US Embassy,
Vienna, Austria

2014-2018 U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies curates loan exhibition for newly confirmed ambassador to the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria, Daniel Baer, including gelatin silver prints from Shoot the Arrow.


Shoot the Arrow,
Friends of Friends
Photography Auction,
NYC

DECEMBER 10 2013 "Arriving Home" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits at the 16th annual Friend of Friends Photography auction, benefiting Angkor Hospital for Children.


Shoot the Arrow,
ClampArt,
NYC

OCTOBER 17-NOVEMBER 16, 2013 ClampArt and Un-Gyve Press present Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*, an exhibition and book launch.


The Insiders &
New York Young,
Recyclart,
Brussels, Belgium

MARCH 26, 2013 Images from The Insiders and New York Young show in "Photographie Américaine," a projection of American photographers working in fine art and documentary photography, at Recyclart, a non-profit organization located in the abandoned Brussel-Kapellekerk/Bruxelles-Chapelle train station in downtown Brussels, Belgium.


Shoot the Arrow,
Friends of Friends
Photography Auction,
NYC

DECEMBER 4, 2012 "Circus Sideshow Dressing Room, Coney Island" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits at the 15th annual Friend of Friends Photography auction, benefiting Angkor Hospital for Children.


New York Young,
Photissima Art Fair,
Turin, Italy

NOVEMBER 8-11, 2012 Images from New York Young exhibit in "Adolescence," a selection of 40 images from 28 international photographers with different styles, techniques, and sensitivity that celebrate the energy, dreams, and uncertainties of adolescence.


Shoot the Arrow & Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film,
Rome, Italy

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2012 Shoot the Arrow photographs and super-8 exhibit in "Shades of Women," a series of five evenings of projected images by 30 award-winning international photographers at the Teatro Due Roma in Rome, Italy, curated by Ilaria Prili.


The Insiders,
Bronx Art Space,
NYC

AUGUST 8-31, 2012 A selection of The Insiders exhibits in "Ode to Street Hassle" at Bronx Art Space alongside artwork by Zoe Leonard, Myles Paige, Kim Bennett, Julia Elsas, and Kimi Hodges. Curated by Chis Hosea.


Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film,
Spazio Labo'
Centro di Fotografia,
Bologna, Italy

JUNE 22, 2012 Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film screens in Spazio Labo' Centro di Fotografia's "Women in Multimedia," a multimedia event projected on the premises of the library in Mascarella in Bologna, Italy.


Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film,
NY Photo Festival,
NYC

MAY 16-20, 2012 Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film wins the multimedia category for the inaugural "invitational exhibition" at the New York Photo Festival. The film screens daily on the main stage throughout the festival in DUMBO, Brooklyn.


Shoot the Arrow,
MoMA,
Moscow, Russia

FEBRUARY 2012 Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* exhibits in "Dust and Scratches" in Moscow's MoMA. View pictures of the exhibition.


Shoot the Arrow,
Arte Fiera OFF,
Bologna, Italy

JANUARY 27-MARCH 15, 2012 Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Uncommon Intimacy" at Spazio Labo' Centro di Fotografia as part of Arte Fiera OFF 2012 in Bologna, Italy. In addition, Shoot the Arrow Super-8 Film screens January 28, 7pm to midnight, in the Art White Night special event "Women in Multimedia," curated by Erica McDonald.


New York Young,
US Embassy,
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

2012-2014 U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies curates loan exhibition for newly confirmed ambassador to the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, including "New York Young, No. 42."


Shoot the Arrow,
Santa Fe Prize for Photography Nominee

2011 Shoot the Arrow is nominated for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography. Nominations are requested by CENTER from a number of influential curators, editors, publishers, and educators.


Shoot the Arrow,
Photography Book Now People's Choice Award Nominee

2011 Photography Book Now judges nominate Shoot the Arrow for the People's Choice Award in the fine art category.


The Insiders,
AIPAD Photography Show,
NYC

MARCH 2011 Images from The Insiders exhibit at June Bateman Fine Art, Booth 425, Park Avenue Armory. More than 70 of the world's leading fine art photography galleries present a wide range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern, and 19th century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video, and new media.


Shoot the Arrow,
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Art Show,
NYC

MARCH 12-27, 2011 Images from Shoot the Arrow exhibit in a show juried by Guggenheim Museum curator Nathan Trotman, including a 40" x 60" framed silver gelatin print of "Backstage at Galapagos Art Space."


Shoot the Arrow,
Aperture Foundation
Benefit & Auction,
NYC

2010 "Circus Sideshow Dressing Room, Coney Island," from Shoot the Arrow, is auctioned off at Aperture's annual benefit and gala event.


The Insiders,
NY Photo Festival,
NYC

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2010 The Insiders exhibits in "Capture Brooklyn" at The POWERHOUSE Arena as part of the Dumbo Arts Festival.


The Insiders,
CurateNYC,
NYC

DECEMBER 2010 "The Insiders, No. 2" exhibits in CurateNYC.


The Insiders & Shoot the Arrow,
Governors Island Art Fair,
NYC

SEPTEMBER 2-OCTOBER 1 The Insiders and Shoot the Arrow exhibit in Governors Island Art Fair. When 4heads launched GIAF in 2008, the artist-run nonprofit was among the first cultural organizations to recognize the tremendous potential of Governors Island as a must-go cultural destination. Over the last ten years, as interest in and the redevelopment of Governors Island has grown, 4heads has remained committed to activating the diversity of buildings and sites across the Island, providing at once a dynamic presentation platform for today’s working artists and bringing attention to the historic significance of the structures the fair occupies.


Shoot the Arrow,
Noorderlicht International Photofestival,
The Netherlands

SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 4, 2009 "After Losing 43 Pounds" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Human Conditions" at Noorderlicht Photofestival.


Shoot the Arrow,
Noorderlicht Photogallery,
The Netherlands

JULY 11-AUGUST 2009 Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Summer of Love" alongside photographs by Emmanuel Guillaud, Katharina Hesse, and Yevgeny Kondakov.


Shoot the Arrow,
Baxter Street CCNY,
NYC

MAY 2009 "Pete" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits in the Camera Club of New York's annual juried show, curated by Henry Horenstein.


Queens,
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning,
NYC

MARCH 2009 Photographs made in Far Rockaway and Jackson Heights, Queens, exhibit in "Changing Queens" at JCAL.



Shoot the Arrow,
Bromfield Gallery,
Boston, MA

JULY 30-AUGUST 23 2009 "Shoot the Arrow" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Blow Up," curated by Harvey Stein.


Shoot the Arrow,
School of the International Center of Photography,
NYC

JANUARY 2006 Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Portrait and Place," curated by Karen Marshall.


Shoot the Arrow
Pingyao International Photography Festival,
Shanxi, China

APRIL 2005 Shoot the Arrow exhibits at the Pingyao International Photography Festival.


Shoot the Arrow,
Limner Gallery,
NYC

NOVEMBER 2004 "Backstage, Times Square" from Shoot the Arrow exhibits in a juried show at Limner Gallery.


Shoot the Arrow,
Frère Independent,
NYC

JUNE 2004 Shoot the Arrow exhibits in "Sensitive Material," curated by Thierry Alet at Frère Independent.