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American photographer

Erin Patrice O’Brien is a portrait and reportage photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She has extensively photographed the entertainment industry.

Photography career

In the late 1990s, O'Brien became a contributor to Vibe magazine. At the same time, she also worked as an assistant photo editor and contributing photographer for Stress Magazine. Since then, O'Brien has shot editorial and reportage work for a range of publications and clients including New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, People, Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and others. She has extensively photographed the entertainment industry, from comedians Dave Chappelle, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, and John Leguizamo to hip-hop artists Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, Questlove, and others.

For two years, she documented girls in New York City's Mexican-American community for a project entitled "Mamás Adolescentes: NYC 2006-2007". O'Brien showed the series of large-scale portraits in 2008 at the Rush Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn.

O'Brien has an ongoing project documenting the Afropunk Festival. Since 2019, O'Brien has been documenting feminist and gender nonconforming skateboarders in a project titled "Portrait of a Skateboard". She became interested in the subject matter while accompanying her daughter to an all-girls skate session hosted by Quell Skateboarding and the Skate Kitchen.

References

  1. "Articles by Erin Patrice O'Brien | Smithsonian Magazine". www.smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "KNOCKED UP | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. "Snapshot: Janelle Monae by Erin Patrice O'Brien for VIBE Vixen – Fashion Bomb Daily Style Magazine: Celebrity Fashion, Fashion News, What To Wear, Runway Show Reviews". fashionbombdaily.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Afropunk: Robert Newman on Erin Patrice O'Brien's Personal Series | PDN Photo of the Day". April 13, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. Tortorello, Michael (August 27, 2014). "Mother Nature's Daughters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. "The Weekly Edit The Atlantic: Darhil Crooks/Erin Patrice O'Brien". A Photo Editor. July 17, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. "Sundance's Top Prize Doesn't Always Open Doors for Female Directors: 7 Winners Gather to Share Stories". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  8. "Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: 'I Will Help Hillary Get Elected'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  9. "At a Brooklyn School, Kids Staged an 'I Can't Breathe' Die-In". Intelligencer. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  10. "Mo Amer on Growing Up as a Muslim Refugee in Houston". Texas Monthly. November 19, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  11. Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 5, 2015). "Meet Jon Batiste, Colbert's Crowd-Thrilling Bandleader". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  12. Winkler, Elizabeth (January 10, 2020). "John Mulaney's New Audience". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  13. "Dave Chappelle". mwillemscreative.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  14. Vibe. Vibe Media Group. 2003.
  15. "AFROPUNK BK: POLITICS OF STYLE, BODY EDITION". AFROPUNK. September 12, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  16. "Skate Like a Girl — BLOG". Quell Skateboarding. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  17. ^ "The Daily Edit - BUST: Erin Patrice O'Brien". A Photo Editor. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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