Amy began her career as a photographer at a chain of newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts after graduating from the University of Vermont in 1989. In her time at the paper, Amy discovered the thrill of being a photojournalist. Every new assignment was a glimpse into a different way of life and a new opportunity to share her daily experiences with the world. Mentored and inspired by her colleagues who were passionate photojournalists shooting weddings and long term personal projects on the side, Amy began her career in wedding photojournalism which was a brand new approach to weddings in a traditional industry.
Wanting to explore the American West with her camera while pursuing a passion for horses and an urge to return to a society of old fashioned values and traditions as she had experienced in Vermont, Amy moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She worked and lived on ranches, capturing the connection between ranchers, their livestock and the land; documenting a rugged yet romantic lifestyle threatened with extinction. Her words and images were published in local newspapers and national magazines and exhibited in galleries and museums in Jackson Hole and Santa Fe, New Mexico.