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Amber N. Ford is an artist and freelance photographer based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Cleveland Institute of Art. While Ford pairs imagery and collaborative storytelling to showcase nuanced depictions of Black lives, and to build connections in community. She explains, “Black is the intersection where color meets identity, a way to describe my people, our history, and unique obstacles”. Her work has earned critical acclaim through exhibitions with FRONT Triennial, moCa Cleveland, and Kent State University Museum as featured in Frieze, Hyperallergic, and more. In 2024, she was awarded the Emerging Artist Prize by the Cleveland Arts Prize, and named an Artist-in-Residence for moCa Cleveland in 2022. Her photojournalistic credits include The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR and more.