Amelia Stein, lives and works in Dublin where she was born in 1958. Over the past 20 years, Stein has established herself as a singularly exacting photographer. Her area of expertise has been portraiture, working with actors, performers, playwrights, poets and artists on commissioned images and on production photography in the Irish Theatre. Many of these images have had worldwide exposure. She also has assembled a number of personal exhibitions which have been seen in selected galleries throughout Ireland; In Loving Memory 1989, Truir Ban 1995, Palm House 2001 and Loss and Memory 2002, and various group and solo shows, from EVA to the RHA.

Amelia Stein’s work is characterised by meticulous attention to detail in tandem with the attributes of fine black and white photographic printing, many of the images having a theatrical presence. In 2001, the Rubicon Gallery in Dublin showed “The Palm House” pictures, taken in the Great Palm House in the National Gardens in Dublin. These pictures, taken over two years and prior to its restoration, capture the unique relationship between the planting and the time worn fabric of the building, the seasonal changes in light as plants marked the passing of time, rewarding her with quiet moments of splendour. This work is now part of the OPW Collection.

Much of her work addresses the universal subject of loss and memory, absence and presence. The Series, Loss and Memory, 2002, was a body of work of dark and intimate still lives of her late parents personal and household objects. Memories imbue ordinary objects with status and meaning, re-establishing a level of sensitivity by associating memories through objects. Loss and Memory is part of the IMMA Collection.

In 2003, Stein was the first photographer to be elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy. She was elected a member of Aosdana in 2006. Her work is included in many private and public collections, both in Ireland and abroad.