ABOUT
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Amber’s approach to photography is inspired by her passion for communicating through visuals. After graduating with a degree in Journalism & Electronic Media from the University of Tennessee, she spent time in a Knoxville newsroom, honing her videography and editing skills.
As life would have it, she found herself back home in Woodstock, GA where she began her journey into still photography. She spent five years documenting new life and celebrating motherhood as a birth and lifestyle photographer before transitioning to primarily film photography projects.
With a foundation in journalism and years of experience as a documentary photographer, she is now exploring the relationship between photojournalism and fine art photography.
She is currently working on a 35mm film photography project featuring young athletes in Metro Atlanta titled “Between.” It is an ongoing series that seeks to capture the moments between: the anticipation between the at bats, the excitement between the plays, the quiet between the innings, the disappointment between the outs, and the years between childhood and adulthood.
Photo by Allison Pedigo
Film photographer
In a world of instant gratification and digital excess, I choose 35mm film as my photographic medium. For me, working with film is an exploration of freedom and trust, specifically because of its boundaries and limitations.
Limited by 36 exposures per roll, and required to wait until the film is developed to see my work, turns every shutter depress into an exercise in trust, and each image that develops as I intended quiets the voices of self-doubt that like to lurk just around the edges of my mind.
I’m also drawn to the tangible nature of film and its connection to the past. One of my cameras was introduced ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and I often wonder if it photographed important sporting or news events before it met me.
To showcase the physical nature of the medium, I elect to retain the organic frame on each image that occurs when scanning the entire film negative up to the sprockets. To further highlight this detail, my framed prints are float mounted and feature a hand torn deckled edge.