DETROIT PHOTOJOURNALIST
PUBLISHED PHOTO ESSAYS
"The Photo Issue: The Real Americana," The Washington Post Magazine, 2022
"The Great Lakes depend on ice. This winter, they barely froze," National Geographic magazine, September 2020
"À Détroit, avec les partisans d’un Donald Trump revanchard : «Je le soutiendrai jusqu’au bout," Le Parisien Weekend, 2022
"On the ice: Anglers rejoice when the Great Lakes freeze," National Geographic, 2019
"Love Island Detroit: A photo essay of young love on Detroit’s Belle Isle," Detroit Metro Times, 2022
"End of Summer at Detroit’s Love Isle," Belt Magazine, 2022
"Photo Gallery: A Tribute to Michigan's Ice Fishing Traditions," Field & Stream, 2022
"The End of Ice Fishing," HuffPost, 2020
"COVID Diaries," WDET Public Radio, 2020
"For Love & Money: Finding Roommates After 40," Topic, 2019
"Mysterious People," Dodho, 2018
"Travel Portfolio," WorldWide, 2018
"Detroit Stories: What Is This City Really All About?," LensCulture, 2018
"Summer Portfolio," Musee Magazine, 2017
"Meet Amy Sacka, who took 500 photos of Detroit in 500 days," PBS World News Hour, 2015
"Lost and Found in Detroit – in Pictures," the Guardian, 2014
"Amy Sacka, Detroit Photographer, Captures City Day at a Time For A Year," Huffington Post, 2013
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Air Halsnoy Kloster Residency, Shortlist, 2023
Mackinac Island Artist in Residence, 2022
Knight Foundation Arts Challenge, 2019
National Geographic Support for Women, 2019
Scholarship to Bruce Gilden's Magnum Workshop, London, 2019
National Geographic Explorer Grant, 2017
Documenting Detroit Fellowship, 2016
Visura Personal Grant, Honorable Mention, 2016
AWARDS
Siena International Photo Awards, Street Photography, Shortlist, 2022
Pictures of the Year International, Semi-Finalist COVID Personal Expression, 2021
Edward R. Murrow Awards, Excellence in Innovation, COVID Diaries, 2021
Smithsonian Photo Competition, Finalist, American Experience, 2019 & 2016
LensCulture, Street Photography, Finalist, 2018
Critical Mass/Photolucida, Top 50 Photographer, 2017
Scarab Club Photography Competition, 2nd Place, 2016; 3rd Place, 2014
National Geographic Traveler, Photo Contest, 5 Editor's Picks, 2014 & 2012
National Geographic Photo Contest, Editor's Picks, 2012 & 2011
BOOKS - GROUP
"FRAMED," by WDET, 2019
"Getting Your Shot," National Geographic, 2015
"Guide to Morocco," National Geographic Traveler, 2015
PRESS
“Angling for Ice," Detroit Public Television PBS, 2022
"Last Ice’ photography, sculpture outdoor exhibit opens at Ford House," Grosse Pointe News, 2022
"Dear Belle Isle: Local photographer invites you to write a love letter to our esteemed island," Planet Detroit, 2022
"Photographer Amy Sacka of Detroit Documents State Park During Residency," Town Crier, 2022
“Amy Sacka: Dissolving Division through Vision," Frames, 2021
"Detroit photographer Amy Sacka to unveil ice fishing exhibit at Dossin Museum," Planet Detroit, 2021
"Best Photos of the Year So Far," National Geographic, 2020
"Courting the Ice: A Photojournalist's Pursuit of Great Lakes Ice Culture," Shinola, 2020
"Explorer Amy Sack on Why the Great Lakes Give Her Hope," National Geographic, 2020
"Michigan photojournalist captures the thawing of the Great Lakes," Michigan Public Radio, 2020
"Frozen: Detroit Photographer Documents Ice Culture in Michigan for National Geographic," Detroit Public Radio, 2019
"Detroit Photographer’s Stunning Photos of Ice Fishing in Michigan and Quest to Know Her Father," Detroit Public Radio, 2019
"8 Stories that will Help You See the World a Little Differently," BuzzFeed, 2019
"Detroit par le coeur," Fisheye, 2019
"Detroit Blues Culture," PDN Photo of the Day, 2018
"Photo a day project reflects newcomer's vision of Detroit," Detroit News, 2012
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Last Ice, Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 2022
Last Ice, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Michigan, 2021
Admit One: State Fair Portraits, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, Michigan, 2021
Sundays at the Carpet House, Baltimore Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
State of the World 2022, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, 2022
Street Photography, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, Michigan, 2022
Framed by WDET: Places Where We Belong, Detroit, 2019
PerSIStence, Collected Detroit, Detroit, 2019
LensCulture Street Photography Exhibition, Les Rencontres d'Arles, France, 2018
Documenting Detroit, Photoville, Brooklyn, New York, 2017
Documenting Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2017
Critical Mass 2017 Top 50 Exhibition: Contemporary Reference of the Human Condition, Cortona on the Move, Italy, 2017
Critical Mass 2017 Top 50 Exhibition: Contemporary Reference of the Human Condition, Edition One, Santa Fe, 2017
Acutal Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, 2016
No Place Like Detroit, Baltimore Gallery, Detroit, 2016
Midwest Contemporary, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, 2016
Scarab Club Photography Exhibition, Detroit, 2016 & 2014
Brighton Photo Biennial, Night Contact, Brighton, UK, 2015
Eye on the D: Seeing Detroit with New Eyes, 555 Gallery, Detroit, 2015
EDITORIAL COMMISSIONS
National Geographic, HuffPost, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Le Parisien, Punch, Bust, Detroit Free Press, Planet Detroit
COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
Adobe, Microsoft, Shinola, Luna Bar, Citizens Bank, Atwell, Hennessy Engineers, Hamilton Anderson, and many more
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame, BA Cum Laude
Mentorship with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb