erika@erikaprodriguez.com Available for assignments. ____________________________________________________
Erika P. Rodríguez is a photographer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In the past seven years I have covered extensively the economic crisis, the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes, among other stories. Being from a place that is culturally Latin American, but politically a territory of the United States, has shaped my interest as a documentary photographer to explore the topics of memory and identity. My work focuses on countering the Caribbean tropical visual stereotype, meditates onthe fragility of the island’s collective memory, and seeks to grab the implicit tension in daily life as a result of our political identity.
My work appears regularly in The New York Times, and has been published in The Guardian, Washington Post, NPR, CNN, Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, El País, and BuzzFeed, among others.
Photography is a dialogue. I choose the subtle moments because it is there – in the quietness of time – where a story is also told.
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Awards & Recognitions
2018 The Lit List: 30 Under-The-Radar Photographers, Awardee 2016 New York 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 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