Contact
erika@erikaprodriguez.com
Available for assignments.
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Erika P. Rodríguez is a photographer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In the past eight 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 on the 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.
Member of Diversify, Women Photograph & Authority Collective.
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
2022 Kingston Creative Caribbean Grants Art, Awardee
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
2022 Kingston Creative Caribbean Grants Art, Awardee
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
Exhibitions
2023 "Untitled III"
El Kilómetro, San Juan, PR
2020 "Temporal: Puerto Rican Resistance"
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia
College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 "[PR: IN/EX]"
The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College,
Glendale, CA
2018 "La Ruta del Progreso"
Pública, Santurce, PR
2018 "Photoville Outdoor Exhibit: The Oldest Colony"
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
2018 "The Lit List, 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
2023 "Untitled III"
El Kilómetro, San Juan, PR
2020 "Temporal: Puerto Rican Resistance"
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia
College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 "[PR: IN/EX]"
The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College,
Glendale, CA
2018 "La Ruta del Progreso"
Pública, Santurce, PR
2018 "Photoville Outdoor Exhibit: The Oldest Colony"
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
2018 "The Lit List, 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