Bio

I have a solid understanding of the mechanics of crafting a quality photograph, as well as extensive experience at organizing photo shoots that are efficient, pleasurable, brisk and on-budget. I enjoy the challenge of producing and delivering high-quality projects under various budgetary and time constraints.

Relevant Skills Include:

• Proficiency with any and all formats of still cameras, both film and digital
• Considerable practical experience preparing files for large-format digital printing, four-color printing and Internet distribution
• Proficiency with available, strobe and/or continuous lighting, both in the studio and on location
• Equally adept with black-and-white and color processes.
• Certification as a Registered Biological Photographer from the BioCommunications Association.

Advertising and Editorial Clients Include:

• M&C Saatchi LA 
• gmmb+ 
• Businessweek
• CBS Records
• CBS Television
• Entertainment Weekly
• Forbes
• Fortune 
• Higher Octave Music
• Japanese Newsweek 
• Kiplinger Report 
• Money 
• NBC Television.
• The New York Times
• New Mexico Magazine 
• Outside Magazine
• People en Espanol
• Self Magazine
• Southwest Spirit Airline
• Stereophile Magazine (more than 150 covers for the magazine)
• Sony Music
• Time
• Travel and Leisure
• Travel Holiday 
• USA Weekend
• Warner Brothers Music
• Wine Spectator

Of course, photography is an art form as well as an occupation, and I appreciate and enjoy the aesthetic process of creating a beautiful image. My work has been exhibited in local and regional art galleries and is part of many collections.

 A Sampling of Shows and Awards:

• Albuquerque Museum of Art, commissioned portrait of Maria Benitez for permanent collection (2009)
• International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Editorial Portraits (2004)
• International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Books: With a Measure of Grace (2004)
• Print’s Regional Design Annual, Certificate of Design Excellence (2003)
• New Mexico Advertising Federation, Addy Award, Collateral Material (2002)

Finally, the efficient, technically accomplished aspects of my work join with the artistic side in the award-winning books that we’ve created at Provecho Press, a regional, fine-art, custom publishing house that I co-founded in 2003 and for which I remain managing director and chief of photography.

Our catalog includes:

• With a Measure of Grace (2004), in it’s fourth printing over 20,000 sold
• One Taste (2008)
• At Home with the Range (2010), which recently went into a second print run, having sold out its original 10,000 copy allotment

To read Rangefinder Magazine’s article on Eric:

• Rangefinder Magazine – rangefinderonline.com

For more information and how to purchase Provecho Press books:

• With a Measure of Grace – provechopress.com

• One Taste – provechopress.com

• At Home with the Range Cafe – provechopress.com

For more information about Registered Biological Photographer Certification:

• BioCommunications Association – bca.org