Amber Marlow is a New York-based artist, photographer, DEI expert, community leader, entrepreneur, Girl Scout leader, Black lady, and mother.

She is a modern goddess with an old soul.

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Amber Marlow is a mother, a wedding photographer based in New York’s Hudson Valley, an industry leader and speaker, an active volunteer in the Hudson community, a champion of LGBTQ+ rights and queer youth, a DEI expert, and unapologetically feminist.

She is a well-traveled, culturally informed biracial Black woman with African-American, Gullah Geechee, and Jamaican roots; New England sensibility and grit; and a standard of overdelivering and professionalism forged by decades living and working in New York City.

She brings both lived experience and deep cultural knowledge to her work.

She has traveled and worked in Maui, Joshua Tree, Jamaica, Barbados, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bali, Thailand, Paris, London, Mallorca, and Dubai, and has been hired by some of the world's most influential people.

Since 2024, Amber has been a founding member and the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for In Trusted Company, a connection experience in a retreat-like atmosphere for wedding professionals.

Amber is the Executive Director of the Family Resource Center of Columbia County, and the leader of her daughter’s Girl Scout troop.

She is a sought-after speaker and consultant in the wedding industry and a leading DEI expert for creative business owners.

She lives in Hudson, NY, with her family, in a Victorian farmhouse in Claverack - the real Marlow’s House​ - with a dining room table that is usually filled with friends and family.

P.s. None of the words or photos on this website are AI because I don’t do that, and I never will.

Welcome to the oh-so-serious and very grown up biography.

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“Amber is the reason my business is successful - she's not only a mentor, but is such a great connector and passionate advocate that through her I made so many connections and felt the support I needed to grow because she was in my corner.” - Justin McCallum