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Rain, 2008



My first love was drawing.
Since childhood, I’ve always painted and scribbled in sketchbooks.
Over time, the sketchbooks became photo diaries... 










  
















Georgia ic25






















Atmos












 







Arc’teryx x Nicole McLaughlin

NIC’OLE 


 Nicole McLaughlin and I hung out for three days straight.
She showed me her work process in her Brooklyn studio and then we drove to her childhood home in the same town where the Sopranos was filmed.
In true Italian fashion, her mom made us soup for lunch.
It was amazing. 


















Lexie Smith at Sky High Farms for MOLD Magazine




















  















Hancock Shaker Village for MOLD Magazine


We (my assistant and I) drove to Western Masschusetts to photograph a former commune. I’ve never lived on a commune, not sure if I want that many roommates. Western Massachusetts seems to be the place for tight-knit communities. In this day and age, community is important. Communities are like gardens. When everyone thrives, everyone wins. Anyway, what were the Shakers? Something like the Quakers except they “danced” when they got together for religious worship. It felt like I stepped back in time, into a portal, a different world. The technological innovations that the Shakers left is what really interested me. You ever see a circular-shaped stone barn? Insane. I asked a lot of questions to the museum director. I got close to the garden and noticed poppy plants. Did you know that if you cut a fresh poppy pod, it oozes a milky substance called sheera? Did you know that if you tilt a dried poppy pod, poppy seeds come out? Funny to see the origins of poppy seeds. I will never look at a poppy seed bagel the same way.





 


Lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin mushrooms






 










The New Yorker





























































 

H(OUR) Objects














Snail Mail for The FADER



I photographed Lindsey Jordan when she was 17 years old. She is bright, talented and exudes a youthful vibrancy. Her music is highly emotional and mature. When I met her in Greenpoint, she was conscious of her own image as a woman. We talked about feminism, growing up too fast, being on the road and the chaotic maze that springs upon you while striving to do what you love to do. Two hours flew by but within those two hours, Lindsey stood still for me.

















  1. Ficus elastica — Brooklyn, New York, USA
  2. Tea fields on the side of the mountain (天空の茶畑) — Ibigawa, Gifu, JAPAN
  3. Sacred Feathers—and the Tribes That Need Them — Atmos — Cyril, Oklahoma, USA
  4. Sara in the park — Brooklyn, New York, USA
  5. Masks in the window — Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
  6. Aerial view of Guangzhou — Guangzhou, Guangdong, CHINA
  7. A Masonic-style house built in the 1800s — Westborough, Massachusetts, USA 
  8. Travellers in transit, walking with luggage to and from JFK airport — Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
  9. A flowering bud in a medicinal garden — MOLD Magazine — Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA 
  10. Jack — Brooklyn, New York, USA
  11. Glass ring and a ripe cherry tomato — PearWear — Brooklyn, New York, USA 
  12. A powerful amulet bracelet — H(OUR) Objects — New Jersey, USA 
  13. A spiritual design — MOLD Magazine — Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA 
  14. Red tulips in Chinatown — New York, New York, USA 
  15. M’s neck — Brooklyn, New York, USA 
  16. Lexie in her greenhouse at Sky High Farms — Mold Magazine — Ancramdale, New York, USA 
  17. Greenhouse at Sky High Farms — Mold Magazine — Ancramdale, New York, USA 
  18. Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) — The FADER — Brooklyn, New York, USA 
  19. Nym walking through an empty field on a rainy day — Georgia ic25 — New York, USA 
  20. Yellow flowers — Brooklyn, New York, USA 
  21. Nicole flipping through a blueprint — Arc’teryx — Brooklyn, New York USA 
  22. Inverted flower bush outside of Nicole’s parents’ house — New Jersey, USA 
  23. Snow prints on the ground — Arc’teryx — New Jersey, USA 
  24. A field of solar panels — Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA 
  25. Chef’s hands  — New York, New York, USA 
  26. Steph wearing Commission — Brooklyn, New York, USA
  27. Rainy night in South Philly — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
  28. Midnight calla lilies in the studio — Brooklyn, New York, USA 
  29. Two French mountaineers in the distance — Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, FRANCE 
  30. Paint it black — SSENSE — Harlem, New York, USA
  31. Seeing another plane in the sky — Earth ︎
  32. 2025 Predictions — New York Times — Ridgewood, New York, USA
  33. Green field — Upstate, New York, USA



                
Amy Li is a NYC based photographer/artist. When not making pictures outside or making prints in the darkroom, she is cooking for her friends, playing with her dog, collecting plants, and reading about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). 


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Select Clients:
Academy of Natural Sciences, Atmos, Arc’teryx, BARRON’S, Bloomberg Businessweek, Casio, The FADER, La Garçonne, Hancock Shaker Village, Microsoft, This is MOLD Magazine, Need Supply, New York Botanical Garden, The New York Times, The New Yorker, PLY-KNITS, Sony Music Entertainment, SSENSE, Totokaelo, Vagabond Shoemakers, and more.
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