Pinkerton’s works, which range from art to fashion photography and most lately installation, are inspired by Caribbean culture, social commentary and socio-political context. Her intimate and intuitive depictions of everyday life, with a focus on Jamaica and its diaspora, capture the beauty and humanity of her subjects to explore themes of identity, personhood and the nature of individual and cultural agency. Predominantly shot on medium-format, these personal portrayals are underwritten by a commitment to spotlighting predominant themes of colourism and class. In her more recent works, Pinkerton begins to explore the 'Photograph as Object' in its physical realm, with focus on its tactility and materiality, as well as more autobiographical themes, through self-portraiture, virtual reality, sound and the written word.

In 2022 Pinkerton features in her first two museum shows, 'Female View: Female Fashion Photographers from Modernity to the Digital Age' at Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany & Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany and 'Black Venus' at Fotografiska, New York which in 2023 tours to The Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco and Somerset House, London. She is currently featured in The New Black Vanguard (Curated by Antwaun Sargent), Saatchi Gallery, London, UK which previously toured to Musee de beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland and Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden and Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France. She has exhibited in shows amongst pioneering artists such as James Barnor, Carrie Mae Weems, Deana Lawson and Sarah Moon. Pinkerton has previously been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), The New York Times Style Magazine's list of '15 Creative Women for Our Time' (2020) and in the 2020 British Fashion Council's New Wave: Creatives List. She was listed in the Dazed 100 rankings (2020) as well as i-D's ‘Photographers to follow in 2020’.

Pinkerton earned a 1st Class BA (Hons) in Photography at the University of Westminster in 2023. She is represented worldwide by Lalaland Artists for her commercial & editorial photographic and film projects; Alice Black is gallery representative, UK.

2022

Black Venus, Fotografiska Museum, Aindrea Emelife, NYC

-Black Venus, Museum of African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, California. MARCH - AUGUST 2023

-Black Venus, Somerset House, London. 19 JULY - 24 SEPTEMBER 2023

Sadie Barnette, Widline Cadet, Shawanda Corbett, Renee Cox, Ayana V Jackson, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Jenn Nkiru, Deux Femmes Noires, Amber Pinkerton, Tabita Rezaire, Coreen Simpson, Ming Smith, The Estate of Maud Sulter, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Alberta Whittle, Carla Williams

SEVEN, Alice Black Gallery, London

Rachael Bailey (b. 1975), Ivan Black (b. 1972), Dante Elsner (1920-1997), Matthew Harris (b. 1966), Tristan Pigott (b. 1990), Amber Pinkerton (b. 1997), Atalanta Xanthe (b. 1996)

Female View: Female Fashion Photographers from Modernity to the Digital Age

-Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany

-Museum Schloss Moyland 2023

Lillian Bassman, Sibylle Bergemann, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Corinne Day, Madame d’Ora, Ingeborg Hoppe, Nadine Ijewere, Ute Mahler, Charlotte March, Sarah Moon, Amber Pinkerton, Elizaveta Porodina, Regina Relang, Bettina Rheims, Alice Springs (June Newton), Deborah Turbeville, Ellen von Unwerth, Yva.

2021

Bold Black British, Aindrea Emelife, Christies, London

Amber Pinkerton, Abe Odedina, Emily Moore, Ibrahim El-Salahi, John Akomfrah, Kimanthi Donkor, Marlene Smith, Phoebe Boswell, Shannon Bono, Sonia Boyce, Zac Ove, FKA Twigs, Jade Montserrat, Julianknxx, Lakwena, Ndidi Emefiele, Paul Dash, Sahara Longe, Simeon Barclay, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Anya Paintsil, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Hew Locke, James Barnor, Kesewa Aboah, LR Vandy, Olivia Sterling, Samson Kambalu, Sola Olulode

Photo London , Alice Black Gallery, London

The New Black Vanguard, Aperture, Antwaun Sargent

Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy