American photographer
Erin Patrice O’Brien is a portrait and reportage photographer based in Brooklyn, New York.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] She has extensively photographed the entertainment industry.
Photography career
In the late 1990s, O'Brien became a contributor to Vibe magazine.[ 4] At the same time, she also worked as an assistant photo editor and contributing photographer for Stress Magazine .[ 4] 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.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] 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.[ 13] [ 14]
For two years, she documented girls in New York City's Mexican-American community for a project entitled "Mamás Adolescentes: NYC 2006-2007".[ 2] O'Brien showed the series of large-scale portraits in 2008 at the Rush Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn .[ 2]
O'Brien has an ongoing project documenting the Afropunk Festival .[ 15] Since 2019, O'Brien has been documenting feminist and gender nonconforming skateboarders in a project titled "Portrait of a Skateboard".[ 16] [ 17] 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 .[ 17]
References
^ "Articles by Erin Patrice O'Brien | Smithsonian Magazine" . www.smithsonianmag.com . Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
^ a b c "KNOCKED UP | The Village Voice" . www.villagevoice.com . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "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 .
^ a b "Afropunk: Robert Newman on Erin Patrice O'Brien's Personal Series | PDN Photo of the Day" . April 13, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ Tortorello, Michael (August 27, 2014). "Mother Nature's Daughters" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "The Weekly Edit The Atlantic: Darhil Crooks/Erin Patrice O'Brien" . A Photo Editor . July 17, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "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 .
^ "Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: 'I Will Help Hillary Get Elected' " . PEOPLE.com . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "At a Brooklyn School, Kids Staged an 'I Can't Breathe' Die-In" . Intelligencer . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "Mo Amer on Growing Up as a Muslim Refugee in Houston" . Texas Monthly . November 19, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 5, 2015). "Meet Jon Batiste, Colbert's Crowd-Thrilling Bandleader" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ Winkler, Elizabeth (January 10, 2020). "John Mulaney's New Audience" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "Dave Chappelle" . mwillemscreative.com . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ Vibe . Vibe Media Group. 2003.
^ "AFROPUNK BK: POLITICS OF STYLE, BODY EDITION" . AFROPUNK . September 12, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ "Skate Like a Girl — BLOG" . Quell Skateboarding . Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
^ a b "The Daily Edit - BUST: Erin Patrice O'Brien" . A Photo Editor . March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
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