meet erin
I’ve spent much of my life noticing the things that are easy to miss, the way someone lights up when they talk about something they love, the quiet confidence that appears when they feel comfortable, the pieces of a person that don't always reveal themselves right away.
Photography gives me a way to preserve some of what I notice. But before I ever pick up the camera, I want to know the person standing in front of it.
i've always been curious about people
I’ve learned not to assume that the first thing I see, or even the first thing I’m told, is the whole story.
We learn about people in small ways. In what makes them laugh. What draws their attention. When they become more comfortable. What they return to without realizing it.
So I pay attention.
Because when we take the time to notice, we understand a little more. And sometimes the simplest way to let someone know they are seen is to show them that we noticed.
there's always more to notice.
I was a curious child. I watched people, listened closely, asked questions, and noticed the little things. My grandmother recognized that about me long before I understood it as something meaningful.
Over time, I learned to trust observation. What people say matters, but so does everything surrounding the words, their actions, their energy, the subtle shifts that tell us there may be more to understand.
When photography entered my life in 2010, the camera didn't teach me how to see people. It simply gave me another way to preserve what I had already spent a lifetime noticing.
this came long before the camera.
After all these years, curiosity is still where I begin.
I want to know what makes you laugh, what matters to you, what you’re drawn to, and what feels like you.
There is no version of you I’m waiting to find.
I simply want to meet the one who is already there.
and then, I get to meet you.
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Favorite Things
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Sonny
Antiquing
british tv
starbucks
home improvement
Traveling
tea & Custom
Handmade mugs
Netflix
