Erin Trieb

  Erin Grace Trieb (b. 1982) grew up in Dallas, Texas and earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in photography from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2004. In 2005 she completed an internship at BauBau Photo Agency in Israel, photographing for the Haaretz Newspaper, and afterwards began freelancing for The Dallas Morning News and The Houston Chronicle in Texas.  Since 2007 she has worked professionally as a freelance photojournalist, editorial and documentary photographer.  Erin specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary projects, which explore societal trends, cultural trauma and identity, while her work spans a diversity of subject matter from international conflict to local feature stories.

Currently based in Istanbul, Erin photographs for a wide variety of clients including TIME Magazine, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, NBCnews.com, Newsweek, The Times of London, and The Wall Street Journal.  Her work has received international recognition and awards from World Press Photo, Pictures Of The Year International, The Art Director's Club, and the FotoVisura Foundation.  In 2012 she completed VII Agency’s prestigious Mentorship Program under VII photographer and Nieman Fellow, Gary Knight.  She is the director and founder of The Homecoming Project, an awareness and education campaign which highlights the social effects of post-war trauma on US military returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.  The Homecoming Project is consistently featured in the media and has exhibited in over 30 exhibition platforms worldwide.