Erin Michelle Burk is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Chicago, USA. Her work explores memory, health, and the impact that legislation has on communities and individuals. In her storytelling, she works to bring history to the present by contextualizing current social issues within the environments that create them. She is fascinated by the interplay between science and religion, and is currently working on projects examining commonalities between the two.
Born in the United States and raised in the Marshall Islands, she is currently studying photojournalism and history at Ohio University. She has produced work for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the TedX Program, and more. She is available for assignment in Chicago, Illinois, and the Midwest region.
erinburkphoto@gmail.com
(978) 732-4839
Education
2022 BS in Photojournalism, Ohio University
2021 Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIV
2019 Lens Collective Workshop
2017 German American Partnership Program: Goethe-Institut, Pfungstadt, DE
Accolades/Grants
2022 Hearst Foundation, National Championship Semifinalist
2022 Ohio News Photographers Association, College Photographer of the Year
2022 Ohio News Photographers Association, Feature Picture Story, 1st Place
2022 National Press Photographers Foundation, Reid Blackburn Scholarship
2022 Kyra Kurt Wilner Scholarship
2022 Experiential Learning Award
2022 Student Enhancement Award
2022 Northern Short Course, Feature Picture Story, 2nd Place
2021-2022 NPPA Ohio University, President
2021 Don Perris Foundation Grant
2020 Ohio News Photographers Association, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award, 1st Place