Vita
2013 Became faculty at ICP
2013 Asst. Adjunct Professor - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2013 - 2010 Documentary Photography Workshop Instructor, Spazio Labo' - co-taught with Maggie Steber (2013), Jason Eskenazi (2012) & Andrew Sullivan (2010, 2011)
2012 Exhibit, Museum of the City of New York, New York Street Photography. The exhibition shows the evolution of the city - and of the genre of 'street' itself - in the 21st century.
2012 Exhibit, FotoWeek DC. A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks. Prints curated by Gwen Lafage, books curated by Darius Himes and Larissa Leclair. Selections of my work were prints from the dark light of this nothing, and 2 photobooks: burn.01 and Uncommon Intimacy.
2012 Exhibit, Foianofotografia Festival, Italy. ReLOVEution includes works by Erica McDonald, Stefano De Luigi, Juliana Beasley, Gaia Light and Alessandro Cosmelli, Tano D’Amico, Veronica Daltri, Alessandro Gandolfi, Nadia Shira Cohen and Paulo Siqueira, Pietro Masturzo, Fausto Giaccone, Giorgio Palmera and Franco Carlisi.
2012 Event, Athens Photo Festival, Greece: As part of the Main Exhibition Program at the 2012 Athens Photo Festival, a multimedia event was presented, featuring visual narratives, multimedia & video projects of artists from around the world, with important global social and political issues. The “Technopolis” event included the following works: Erica McDonald - The Dark Light of this Nothing, Donald Weber – Life after Zero Hour, Olga Kravets, Maria Morina, Oksana Yushko Grozny – Nine Cities, Stefano De Luigi – Blanco: The movie, Robin Hammond- Rape a weapon of war, Peter Di Campo - Life without Lights, Yiannis Biliris - Split Normality, Guillaume Herbaut - The Zone Tchernobyl.
2012 Exhibit, Gallery Carte Blanche, San Francisco, CA. A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks. Prints curated by Gwen Lafage, books curated by Darius Himes and Larissa Leclair. Selections of my work were prints from the dark light of this nothing, and 2 photobooks: burn.01 and Uncommon Intimacy.
2012 Exhibit, Burn in Print, Head On Photography Festival, Sydney, Australia.
2012 Guest Speaker: ICP Workshop with Lori Grinker on The Photographer as Artist and Social Documentarian
2012 Feature on TIME LightBox: DEVELOP Tube: A Photographic Resource Grows
2012 Featured photographer on NYT Lens: Dark Light and Constant Change
2012 Projection, Women in Multimedia: Arte Fiera. Co-curator and photographer.
2012 Exhibit, Uncommon Intimacy:Amy Stein, Juliana Beasley, Amy Touchette and Erica McDonald, Spazio Labo' Center of Photography, Italy. Co-curator and photographer.
2012 Exhibit, Occupy Wall Street, South Street Seaport Museum, New York
2012 Projection, Occupy Wall Street, Fovea and NYC, Curator Nina Berman
2011 Projection, Bursa Photofest, Turkey
2011 Projection, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
2011 Adjunct Lecturer, Photojournalism - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2010 Exhibit, FotografiaFestival Internazioale di Roma, Fotografia e Editoria. Curator Marc Prust
2010 MJR Film Grant, Finalist, Juror Nadja Masri
2010 Accepted to Review Santa Fe
2009 Exhibit, Foto Week D.C. Fight Club and Burn Magazine
2009 Exhibit, Burn Gallery, NYC. Curator David Alan Harvey
2009 International Photography Awards/Lucies HM, Professional, People/Culture
2009 Projection, Haviland Street Gallery, CT.
2009 Noorderlicht Photofestival long list
2009 Projection, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Slideluck Potshow
2009 Projection, Palm Springs Photo Festival
2009 Decided to lay off entering the majority of contests and focus on projections and shooting for a book project - the dark light of this nothing
2008 Projection, Slideluck Potshow, Slideshows Austin, TX and for the NYC annual selection
2008 International Photography Awards/Lucies 2nd place, Professional, People/Children
2008 New York Photo Awards Personal Work/ Fine Art Series Pro Nominee
2008 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Portraiture Category Winner Non-Pro/1st place
2008 Exhibit, Paris, Acte2 Gallery
2008 Palm Springs Photo Festival Slide Show Finalist / Category Winner
2008 Projection, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, EPG Finalists
2008 Magnum Cultural Foundation, David Alan Harvey Emerging Photographer Grant Finalist
2008 Exhibit, Camera Club of New York, Juror Larry Fink
2007 Exhibit, New York Photographers: Of Time and Place, Lee Ka Sing Gallery
2007 Projection, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Human Condition
2007 International Photography Awards/Lucies, Honors
2007 Exhibit, Brooklynites, powerHouse Gallery, New York. Curator Anthony LaSala, PDN
2007 International Romani Art Festival, Romania, A Nomad’s Life, first place
2006 Exhibit, American Diaspora Exhibition, Victory Hall, New Jersey
2006 Exhibit, 3rd Wave, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
2006 Exhibit, John Scott Gallery, Chelsea, New York, 2 person Exhibition
2005 Keyholder Fellowship at Lower East Side Printshop, New York
2004 Women in Photography:Tribute to Cartier-Bresson, Award
2002 Exhibit, Pemetic Gallery, Mount Desert Island, Maine
2001 Exhibit, Gallery Bershad, Boston