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2013 Curator, On Photography: Online Film Festival, Week of Photography in Holland 

 

2013 Exhibit, Photoville NYC: 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 are prints from the dark light of this nothing, and 2 photobooks: burn.01 and Uncommon Intimacy.  

2013 Exhibit, Alice Austen House Museum, New York - The New Street Types: The Changing Face of Contemporary New York 

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 are 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 are 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