Amelia was born in London in 1974.

In 1996 she won The Ian Parry award for her story on The Dublin Urban Cowboys. 1998, she won a place on the World Press Photo Joop Swart Master class in Amsterdam, and in 1999, was runner up in The Infinity 'Young Photographer of the Year' award by The International Center of Photography in New York. Amelia's first book, The Trouble with Amelia, was published in 2003 by Booth-Clibborn Editions. Two other books have followed, Malta Diaries (Trolley Books, 2006) and Joan of Arc had style (Trolley Books, 2015). She has published five zines of her work. Manchester 1997. Chaos England 1995-2020. Motorhead 1997. Soho 1999.

Amelia is based in East London.




Exhibitions | Talks

Shangri-La, Glastonbury. Installation 2024
Cafe Royal Books. The Photographer’s Gallery, London. Group Show 2024
Koko Gallery, London. “Backstage” 2023
Cafe Royal Books: Documentary, Zines and Subversion. Martin Parr Foundation. 2022
Someones Daughter. PhotoLondon 2021
Faith. St James Cavalier. Valletta 2020 
Dellasposa Gallery, Tales from the Colony room: Art & Bohemia 2020 
Women In Innovation, Getty Images Gallery, July 2017 
Joan. London Design Museum, March-April 2015.
Trolleyology. Trolley Books, London and Newcastle gallery, Shoreditch, London, 2013
Women in Music, Dimbola Museum and Art, Isle of Wight, June 2013
Phillips de Pury “film”, NYC, 2010
PhotoLondon. London, 2007
Malta Diaries, Trolley books and Barings. London, 2006
Men, Collettes, Paris 2005
My Cup Of Tea, Proud Galleries, London, 2002
London Theatre, RADA, London, 2002
Soho, Groucho Club, London, 1999
World Press Photo Masterclass (group), The Netherlands, 1998

Selected Clients

Google
Studio Canal
The BBC
Fuji 
MTV
De Beers 
Penguin Books
The British Tea Council
Sony
Universal Records
St Regis Hotels
Goodwood 
Revolution Films
Marks & Spencer 
WomenforWomen
Jimmy Choo
Studio Canal
Channel 4 Films
Innovate UK 
HSBC
Nescafe
EMI
Pathe
Canon
Cancer Research
Universal Records

Selected Magazines

The Guardian
NY Times
Vanity Fair
Sunday Times Magazine
Conde Nast Traveller US
Tatler
GQ
Esquire
TIME Magazine
Stern
ES Magazine
The Telegraph Magazine
The Observer
Vogue
Rolling Stone
Dazed and Confused
Tank
Intersection

Published Books & Zines

Joan (Trolley books, 2015) 
Malta Diaries (Trolley Books, 2006) 
The Trouble with Amelia (Booth Clibborn editions 2004) 
Motörhead UK 1997 (Cafe Royal Books, 2021)
Manchester 1997–2001 (Cafe Royal Books, 2020)
Soho 1997–1999 (Cafe Royal Books, 2020)
Nick Cave 20,000 days on earth (2015) 
Trolleyology (2014)  
The Groucho Club. 30 years (2014) 
Jimmy Choo, 4 Inches (2005) 
BRAZIL! 1999 (2000)
My Cup of Tea (2003)