Momenta welcomes this week’s guestagrammer, Amy Osborne!

Age: 34

Current job: Freelance Photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle

Current location: San Francisco, CA

​Website: ​www.amyosborne.format.com

Connection to Momenta: Project New Orleans 2014 & Project Los Angeles 2014 Alum

Haight Street, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

Tell us about your journey as an image-maker and how you got to where you are today.

My love for photography began with street shooting, wandering the streets of Miami, getting lost, and photographing. I consider myself a documentary photographer. My style and focus is part photojournalism, part social documentary, and part street photography. Future goals include working on more long term projects.

Duboce Street, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

What stories or issues are you most passionate about covering?

There are so many… environmental issues, social and economic inequalities, reproductive rights for women, etc. I am currently planning a project that has to do with women and body image issues.

N Train, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

Where do you look for inspiration for your work: books, movies, authors, photographers, art, certain people?

I have been trying to acquire more and more photo books. I find books are the most helpful way for me to get lost in photos and find new inspiration. One of my all time favorites that I often go back to is Alex Webb‘s Suffering of Light.

N Train, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

What social media or news feeds do you follow regularly? 

I’m trying to limit my time spent on the internet and social media, but when I am online I try to keep it productive. I’ve fine tuned my feed so that it’s almost strictly photo, news, or opportunity related. I follow museums and galleries to keep up to date on upcoming events, the feeds of photographers I admire, news organizations, and certain political feeds.

N Train, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

What is one passion you have outside of photography that might come as a surprise to our readers?

I LOVE all things plants and gardening. Being surrounded by plant life and watching them grow and develop is calming and therapeutic for me.

N Train, San Francisco © Amy Osborne

What can we expect to see next week from your “guestagramming” on our Momenta Instagram account?

I will be sharing an ongoing personal project that started on my commute taking San Francisco’s public transportation to and from work. When I’m not working on a particular assignment, I find casual street shooting a great escape from the high pressure deadlines and fast turnaround of photojournalism. This project is a small slice of my experience in and around daily transit, the in-between moments of life, and the loneliness and isolation that can exist in these settings within such a dense city.

#seizethemomenta, and follow @momentaworkshops on Instagram June 14 – 20  to see Amy’s beautiful shots!