American, born 1976
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Ctrl+P: Photography Taken Offline, Sámi, The People Who Walk With Reindeer, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA
2012 Sámi, The People Who Walk With Reindeer, The Half King, New York
2012 Northern Visitant Diaries Ajtte Museum, Jokkmokk, Sweden
2011 Northern Visitant Diaries, Gällivare Museum, Gällivare, Sweden
2008 Young Blood, Scandinavian Photo, Bankeryd, Sweden
2008 Young Blood, Redux Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2005 The Hunt, Redux Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2012 National Geographic Unpublished, National Geographic Museum, Washington DC, USA
2012 Women in Multimedia, Spazio Labo’|Center of Photography, Bologna, Italy
2011 The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, USA
2010 Flash Forward, The Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada
2010 2nd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Fotofestival Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2010 Projections of Reality, Objective Reality Foundation, Red October, Moscow, Russia
2010 31 Women in Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, Affirmation Arts, New York, USA
2010 Road to Nowhere, FotoFest, Houston, USA
2010 American Youth, Redux Pictures, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA
2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
2009 American Youth, Redux Pictures, Fovea Exhibitions, New York, USA
2009 American Youth, Redux Pictures, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Virginia, USA
2009 American Youth, Redux Pictures, New York Photo Festival, New York, USA
2009 Loaded: Hunting Culture in America, Columbia College, Chicago, USA
2009 New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, New Jersey, USA
2009 Pause to Begin, Gallery Kuntsler, Booksmart Studio, Rochester, New York
2008 World Press Photo, Traveling Exhibition, 80 Cities World Wide
2008 6×6, Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2007 The Living Room, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2005 6 Part 2, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA
2004 A Study of Contemporary Landscape and Nature Photography, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, USA
2003 Instates, Galerie H. Kolmann, Vienna, Austria
2003 Photographers, Redux Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2001 The Portrait Show, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California,
2001 For Adults Only, East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2000 National Juried Competition, Soho Photo, New York, New York, USA
Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2011 Communication Arts, Photography Annual 52
2010 Lois Roth Endowment Recipient
2009 Fulbright Fellow
2009 Women in Photography/Lightside Grant Recipient
2008 International Photography Award Recipient
2008 World Press Photo Award
2008 American Photography 24
2007 Communication Arts, Photography Annual 48
2007 New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship
2006 Review Santa Fe for ‘The Hunt’
2006 American Photography 22
2006 ASME National Magazine Award Nomination for ‘The Hunt’
2006 Photo District News 30
1997 Eddie Adams Workshop
Education
1999 MFA in Computer Graphics/ Animation. Rochester Institute of Technology
1997 BFA in Photography. Rochester Institute of Technology
Reviews
2012 “Washing Dishes, Herding Reindeer” New York Times Lens Blog. January 2011 “For Scandinavia’s Sami People, Reindeer Still Reign” NPR.
2011 “Wish You Were Here?” Phaidon Online. September
2010 Risch, Connor “Cultural Immersion, Herd Mentality” Photo District News. August
2009 “A Conversation With Erika Larsen” NYMPHOTO. October
2009 “Fresh, Erika Larsen” Communication Arts. July/August
2009 “Sami, The People” Women in Photography July
2009 “Zu Hause beim Weihnachtmann” Du Magazine December/January
2008 “Young Blood” Women in Photography August
2008 “Girls and Boys Come Out To Pray.” The London Sunday Times Magazine. March
2006 Aherns, Tina. “The Fall of Nature.” OjodePez. Fall : Issue 08
2006 Beem, Edgar Allen. “Not Your Grandfathers Field & Stream.” Photo District News. June
2006 Defoore, Jay. “PDN 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch.” Photo District News. March
2005 Thompson, Kalee. “Seeing The Humanity in America’s Blood Sports.” The Villager.
December: Volume 75, Number 28
Books/Catalogues Contributed To
2012 “Photographs Not Taken, A Collection of Photographers’ Essays” Daylight/Will Steacy
2011 “The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2″ Humble Arts Foundation, inside
2010 “The Mercy Project, Inochi” Mado-sha, Japan, inside
2010 “Contemporary U.S. Photography” Vol 1, FotoFest, inside
2009 “Imperial” William Vollmann, Viking, cover
2009 “Pause to Begin” inside
2009 “American Youth” Contrasto, cover, inside
2008 “6*6” Society of Photographers, 6 image monograph
2008 “Zacharie L’escarcelle” Laffont, cover
2007 “The Back Nine” Knopf, cover
2005 “Chip Kidd, Book One” Rizzoli, inside
2004 “Good Faith” Anchor, cover
2003 “Generations in Time” Common Ground World Project, all images
2003 “The Education of Lieutenant Kerry” St. Martin’s Press, author
2002 “Secrets of the City” Silver Lining Books, all images
2002 “Hazmat” Knopf, cover
2002 “Shelter” Vintage, cover
Lectures
2012 Artist Talk, The Half King, USA
2011 Artist Talk, The Annenberg Space for Photography, USA
2010 Artist Talk, Polar Fokus, Norway
2010 Artist Talk with Lars Wilumeit, vfg Bildersoiree, Switzerland
2010 American Youth, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
2009 American Youth, Minneapolis Photo Center, USA
2009 Artist Talk, Nordens Fotoskolan,Sweden
2009 Hunting Culture in America, Columbia College, USA
2009 Women in Photography SUNY Empire State, USA
2009 Artist Talk, Portfolio Development, School of Visual Arts, USA
2009 Artist Talk, Portfolio Development, Fashion Institute of Technology, USA
2009 World Press Photo, USC Annenberg, USA
2008 Artist Talk, Camera Club of New York, USA
2008 World Press Photo, Gallery Kontrast, Sweden
2008 World Press Photo, Objective Reality Foundation, Russia