Amalya, a university-trained journalist now focusing exclusively on photography, hails from Eastern Europe. As a schoolgirl she roamed the streets of peerless Slavic metropolises (not alone, of course), honing her black-and-white skills on Grandpa's cherished pre-war Leica. Now based in Houston, Texas, there is no finer day than one spent behind the camera, putting her subjects at ease and capturing them in their finest moments, candid or posed. Amalya's photography emanates from deep within - motivated and inspired, above all, by her love of the art and for her subjects, and for capturing everything that is human in every image.