Erin Trieb’s Profile

The Homecoming Project By Erin Trieb
10Dec2011
The Homecoming Project
Fotovisura Grant: The Homecoming Project by Erin Trieb In the past decade America has become accustomed to viewing images of US troops involved in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As media coverage of both prolonged conflicts begins to wan, American audiences grow numb.  However, the severity and impact of these wars on those who fight becomes increasingly detrimental as service members return home. One of the largest issues America currently faces is the inability to fully support...
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Erin Grace Trieb (b. 1982) earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in photography from Texas A&M University-Commerce, and has since worked as a freelance photojournalist, editorial and documentary photographer.  Her work spans a diversity of subject matter from international social conflict to local, feature stories.

Erin’s work has received international recognition and awards from World Press Photo and Pictures Of The Year International.  She has also been nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass and PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers.  

Based in Austin, Texas, Erin continues to photograph for a wide variety of clients including TIME Magazine, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, Newsweek, Forbes, GEO Magazine, Der Spiegel, The Times in London, Texas Monthly Magazine, Stern, the Smithsonian Magazine, and The Wallstreet Journal.  She is currently pursuing a long-term documentary project on the social effects post-war trauma has on US military returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and is the director and founder of The Homecoming Project (www.thehomecomingproject.org).

Erin is currently represented by the VII Photo Agency.  

 

Magazine and Newspaper Freelance Photographer (2005-present)

                         

 Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas.  2006 - 2008) Freelance Photographer

  •  Dallas Morning News  (Dallas, Texas.  2005 - 2006) Freelance Photographer                                

     Haaretz, Jerusalem  (Jerusalem, Israel.  2004 – 2005) Internship for BauBau Photography Agency

Education                

                          

 VII Mentor Program with Mentor Gary Knight (2010 – Present)  

 Eddie Adams Workshop (2007)

 Missouri Photo Workshop Scholarship Recipient (2005)

 Women in Photojournalism Workshop Scholarship Recipient (2005)

 Texas A&M University-Commerce (2000 - 2004) B.S. in Photography with emphasis in commercial, fine art, and studio    

       work

Awards                

 

 ADC Young Guns Competition – Named as a “Young Gun” talent (2011)

 AI-AP Selected  (2007, 2010)

 POYi Award 

       -General New Reporting – “Afghanistan:  Behind the Frontlines” (2010) 

       -Magazine news story – “Kinky Friedman for Governor” (2007)

 Rory Peck Trust Scholarship Recipient  (2009)

 World Press Photo Award   Portrait story – “Kinky Friedman for Governor” (2007)                           

 Joop Swart Masterclass Nomination  (2006, 2008, 2009)

 PDN’s 30 Nomination  (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)


Exhibitions  

 Bursa International Photofest – Screening of “The Homecoming” (2011), Bursa, Turkey

 Houston Center For Photography – Juried membership exhibition (2011), Houston, TX

 LOOK3 Festival – Screening of “The Homecoming” (2011), Charlottesville, VA

 Visa Pour L’Image – Screening of “Kinky Friendman for Texas Governor” (2007), Perpignan,  

                France 

 

erin@erintrieb.com   214.505.1316   www.erintrieb.com   www.thehomecomingproject.org

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