Based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

email: erika [at] erikaprodriguez.com     |     phone: 787 565 9046

Born in the late 80s, I was raised between metropolitan city of San Juan and the green mountains of Puerto Rico. In 2009 I took a one way plane to California to complete my bachelors. After six years in the Golden State I relocated from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico, following my heart to focus on long-term projects about the underrepresented area of the Caribbean. 

Being from a place that is culturally Latin American, but politically an unincorporated territory of the United States, has shaped my interest as a documentary photographer to explore the topics of community and identity. 

My work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine, among others. I am available for assignments.

Photography is a dialogue.
I choose the subtle moments because it is there – in the quietness of time – where a story is also told.

Awards & Recognitions

2018  The Lit List: 30 Under-The-Radar Photographers, Awardee

2016  New York Times Portfolio Review, Selected Participant

2014  Eddie Adams Workshop XXVII, Student

2013  Photographer of the Year, Association of Puerto Rican Photojournalists

2013  Felix Cordero Award and Jack Delano Award [Honorable Mention],
          Association of Puerto Rican Photojournalists

2013  New York Times Portfolio Review, Selected Participant

2012  67th College Photographer of the Year | Portrait Category, Silver

2010  65th College Photographer of the Year | Portrait Category, Award of Excellence

Exhibitions

2018 "La Ruta del Progeso"
            Pública, Santurce, PR

2018 "Photoville Outdoor Exhibit: The Oldest Colony"
            Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY

2018 "The Lit List: 30 Under-The-Radar Photographers, Authority Collective"
            Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY

2018 "Latin American Foto Festival"
            Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY

2017 "The Expanded Caribbean: Contemporary Photography at the Crossroads"
            Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
 
2013 "We Came For This"
            Gallery 27, Santa Barbara, CA
 

   

Photo by Ellis Omar Williams