This portrait photography essay was submitted to Edge of Humanity Magazine by Photographer Sam A Malek.
Artist Statement
Living among the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I am privileged to be able to create these personal, candid portraits of these normally reticent and camera-shy people. These are intimate images that go beyond the postcard and calendar pictures that the public would usually see.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Click on any image to see Sam’s galleries of photographs.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Click on any image to see Sam’s galleries of photographs.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Click on any image to see Sam’s galleries of photographs.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
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By Sam A Malek