This photo was included in an exhibition that traveled in Belgium and France and was sponsored by Nivea. The image was reproduced on round tins of Nivea cream. Chris DeBacker, Young Photographers United, designer
Image from a summer road trip around Nova Scotia.
A promo piece, published as the introduction page for PDN 30, 2006.
Sheana Hinesley of Malicious Designs, shot for Bust magazine. Elizabeth Carey Smith, art director; Laurie Henzel, creative director
Skye, personal work.
This was shot for Dulcinee, a vintage designer clothing store located in the Lower East Side, New York City.
Jane, an early promo piece. Published in AP #21.
Shot for Lyell, a designer clothing store on Elizabeth Street, New York City.
05.14.07
www.ericashires.com
Duration: Three years, but I have been photographing most of my life. Staff: Just me, and the freelancers I hire to do specific jobs. Education: BFA in media arts from Pratt Institute. My focus was on photography with a minor in art history. Cultural Influences: Jimmy and Allen and roadtrippin' with them. Foreign travel, New York City, the art scene, coffee at Mud, the East Village, old children's books, Vladimir Nabokov, Michel Gondry and anything creepy. Environment: I shoot on location, so that varies. When I am working at home, my office is a loft space on the fourth floor of a century-old brownstone. My desk is surrounded by flat files and stacks, stacks and more stacks of art/fashion magazines. There are photos and torn-out images for inspiration tacked up everywhere. I have a nice big computer monitor for Photoshop, a back door leading out to a fire escape with amazing views of Manhattan for morning coffee and the roof for sunset cocktails. Philosophy: Have fun, keep experimenting and be forever thankful.