About Erik

"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth."

--Edward Steichen

In 2000, after graduating from Skidmore College with a degree in exercise science, I moved to Belfast Northern Ireland to volunteer as a youth worker and satisfy an urge to travel. Once there, I regularly struggled to find adequate words to describe the complex and troublesome place I was calling home. This fascination with my new environment combined with a youthful desire to promote change in the world prompted me to pick up a camera. In no time, the storytelling capacity of pictures had me hooked. Now, seven years later, I am fortunate enough to claim photography as my full-time profession.

For me, photography is both a passport and a means of communication. It is the way I explore and understand the world around me and it is a conduit to share with you all that I find beautiful and ugly in it. Probably, what I love most about my work is the wide variety of people that I get to meet. Presidents, farmers, musicians, doctors... As Edward Steitchen would suggest, through understanding them I am able to better understand myself. And so too, I hope that the people who view my work are equally well served.

Although born and raised in Asheville, NC I currently reside in Boston, MA.