About Erin
I rarely begin with the obvious problem.
I'm more interested in the gap between perception and reality—what people believe, what they're actually experiencing, and what's missing in between. That's usually where I find the most meaningful creative opportunities.
My work begins with observation. I look for patterns, listen deeply, and uncover overlooked human insights before thinking about solutions. From there, I translate those insights into stories, experiences, and communities that help people connect, participate, and belong.
Over the past decade, I've worked across photography, public art, immersive experiences, travel, and community building, but those have never been the goal. They've been the medium. What has remained constant is my desire to understand people and create work that changes how they see themselves, one another, and the world around them.
That way of thinking wasn't developed in a classroom or agency. It was shaped through years of solo travel, navigating unfamiliar cultures, talking with strangers, documenting lived experiences, and learning that the most meaningful stories are often the ones happening just beneath the surface. Those experiences taught me to observe before assuming, to stay curious longer, and to look for what others often overlook.
That perspective eventually became the foundation for Black Burner Project, an initiative that began with a simple question: Why did so many Black people believe Burning Man wasn't a place for them? What started as a documentary photography project grew into a storytelling platform, community movement, public art installations, editorial work, and immersive experiences that helped reshape how thousands of people perceived and experienced the event.
Today, I bring that same approach to organizations, brands, destinations, and creative teams looking to build work that resonates beyond the moment. Whether I'm developing a narrative, designing an experience, leading a creative team, or exploring a new idea, I'm always asking the same questions:
What are we missing?
Whose perspective haven't we considered?
What story could change the way people connect?
Because I believe the strongest creative work doesn't begin with the loudest idea.
It begins by noticing what everyone else walked past.
In The Media
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![A group of people dressed in colorful, extravagant outfits, standing on a desert landscape with a large tower structure in the background, under a clear blue sky.]()
Essence.com
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![A person with accessories and face covering emerging from the ground in a desert, with a large structure and other people in the background.]()
Artsy.com
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![Desert landscape with various mounted and standing graffiti-covered vehicles and art installations, including some that are tilted or upright, scattered across the dirt terrain with patches of shrubs, and mountainous background under a cloudy sky.]()
CN Traveler
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![Close-up portrait of a man with dark skin, gray beard, and dreadlocks, wearing goggles on his forehead and a face mask around his neck.]()
Baltimore Sun
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![A large group of people gathered in a desert for a festival, with two large art installations in the background. One installation is of a shirtless man with sunglasses covering his face, holding a flag that says "Black Lives Matter". The second is a giant figure of a woman in a dress, posed as if dancing, standing on a pyramid-shaped platform. Many people are raising their hands, some wearing hats, sunglasses, and colorful clothing.]()
My Modern Met
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![Two artists standing in a workshop with their artwork and tools, smiling at the camera.]()
The Bohemian
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![Side profile of a woman with colorful dreadlocks outdoors on a sunny day, with a flag and an arid landscape in the background.]()
Baltimore Magazine
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![Silhouettes of people riding bicycles and walking on a flat, dusty surface at sunset with mountains in the distance and a hazy sky.]()
District Fray
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![Large crowd of festival-goers at Burning Man in the Nevada desert during sunset, with art installations and sculptures in the background.]()
Travel Noire
Clients & Partnerships
Dream big.build brave
It all begins with a thought, a vision—usually the kind that gives you butterflies, has your heart pounding, a bit scary. And That’s exactly how you know it’s real. It’s meant for you. It’s the one.
But here’s the thing: you don’t always find that out until later. Hopefully, that “later” comes after you’ve taken the leap.
It will always feel like a leap. That part never goes away. But when an idea is gifted to you—and you’ll know it because it lingers, it nags, it won’t let you sleep—it becomes your duty to bring it forth, the best way you can.
You don’t need to know the how. That part will come.
