Erin Trieb

Erin Grace Trieb is an American photojournalist. Trieb focuses on international social issues and is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.^[1]

Early life and career

Trieb was born on July 1, 1982, in Dallas, Texas. Her parents are Michele Pegues and Mark Alan Trieb. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce.^[2]

Trieb started her career in photography in Israel and Palestine in 2004. In 2005 she worked as a part time newspaper correspondent for the Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News.

Professional photojournalism

Trieb began her career as a professional photojournalist in 2007.^[2] She has worked for numerous magazines and newspapers.^[2] She has worked all over the world but is focused on the Middle East and the United States. Some countries Trieb has visited for her photojournalism include Israel, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Bosnia, and Turkey. Director of Photography at NBC News James Collins described Trieb as "a visually creative person but also as a solid journalist."^[3] The work of photographs and visual news like Trieb's is starting to change the way certain cultures look at their identity.^[4]

Projects and notable photographs

Women's Protection Units (YPJ)

Trieb spent six days photographing an all female branch of the Kurdish military, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ). She photographed their daily lives as well as combat situations, and the refugees they protect.^[5]

The Homecoming Project

One of Trieb's biggest projects is The Homecoming Project. It was designed to draw attention Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and begin a dialogue about how to help soldiers who struggle with it.^[6] Trieb followed members of the United States Army's tenth mountain division in Afghanistan.^[7] She notes that the hardest part of this project was not the shootouts, the landmines, or the fact that she was the only woman in sight (a commonality that is starting to be brought to the surface), it was seeing the effect war has on these people. Trieb recounts that most of the soldiers had some psychological problems.^[6] The Homecoming Project started a conversation about how to deal with the mental health problems soldiers face. This work has been shown all around the world.^[8] Trieb's website describes the Homecoming project displaying "the trauma, loss, courage, and struggle so many service members experience after exiting the battlefield."^[9]

Girls basketball in Iraq

Trieb photographed a women's basketball team in Iraqi Kurdistan shortly after the 2014 ISIS conflict between the two. During this time, women's sports were not widely accepted in the area. Trieb photographed the story of women trying to change the way their country sees them.

Women's issues

Roughly 10% of those involved in photojournalism are women.^[10] Trieb is part of Women Photograph, an organization that highlights women photographers and photojournalists worldwide and works to reduce the large gender gap in the industry.^[11] She was a featured "icon" in Outside magazine's special adventurous women issue.^[12] Trieb is an avid advocate for gender and ethnicity diversification in photojournalism, saying "Minorities, especially women and people of color, have a unique perspective and voice that needs to be seen and heard. And it is partly up to our industry’s willingness and invested effort in order for serious changes to be made in that regard."^[13]

Awards

2005: Women in Photojournalism, Scholarship Recipient
2007: AI-AP Award, selected work for annual awards book
2007: Pictures of the Year International (POYi) Award, Magazine News Picture Story, Kinky Friedman for Governor, 2nd Place
2007: World Press Photo Award Portrait story, Kinky Friedman for Governor, 3rd Place
2009: Rory Peck Trust Scholarship Recipient
2010: AI-AP Award, selected work for annual awards book
2010: Pictures of the Year International Award, General New Reporting, Afghanistan: Behind the Frontline, Award of Excellence
2011: Selected, Art Director's Club Young Guns 9 Competition For Creatives 30 and Under
2012: FotoVisura Grant Recipient
2014: Alumni Ambassador Award, Texas A&M University-Commerce
2015: International Photography Of The Year, Documentary, 3rd Place, We Are The YPJ
2015: Photoville's The Fence, Selected work and exhibition, We Are The YPJ
2015: Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award
2015: AI-AP Award, selected work for annual awards book
2016: AI-AP Award, selected work for annual awards book
2016: Head On Photo Festival Portrait Prize

Exhibitions

2007: In Focus: Texas Documentary Photographers, The Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation, Boerne, Texas
2007: Kinky Friedman For Texas Governor, Projection, at Visa Pour L’Image Festival, Perpignan, France
2007: 64th Pictures of the Year International Traveling Exhibition, Exhibited worldwide
2007: World Press Photo Awards Traveling Exhibition, Exhibited worldwide
2008: Kinky Friedman For Texas Governor, Projection, Slideluck Potshow, Shangrila, Austin, Texas
2009: Afghanistan: Behind The Frontlines, Exhibition, Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar Province, Afghanistan
2009: Afghanistan: Behind The Frontlines, Projection, Slideluck Potshow, Shangrila, Austin, Texas
2010: Afghanistan: Behind The Frontlines, Projection at Pecha Kucha, Austin, Texas
2011: Portraits of Soldiers in Kandahar, Projection Installation, Operation Warrior Wellness Conference hosted by Donna Karen and The David Lynch Foundation, Urban Zen Center, New York City
2011: Art Director's Club Young Guns 9 Winners Exhibition, sponsored by Corbis, ADC Gallery, New York City
2011: The Homecoming, Projection at LOOK3 Photography Festival, curated by Scott Thode, Charlottesville, Virginia
2011: 29th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, Texas
2011: The Homecoming, Projection at Bursa International Photofest, Bursa, Turkey
2012: iSee Exhibition, VII Group Show, Griffin Museum of Photography by Digital Silver Imaging, Belmont, Massachusetts
2012: Battle Company, Our Voices Exhibition, hosted by Rose Charities, Milk Gallery, New York City
2012: The Homecoming Project, Projection in partnership with The Austin Symphony Orchestra at The Long Center For The Performing Arts, curated by Scott Thode, The Long Center Campus, Austin, Texas
2012: FotoVisura Exhibition, Curated by FotoVisura, United Photo Industries Gallery, Dumbo, New York
2012: Women in Photography, Projection of work from The Homecoming Project, curated by FotoVisura & Photoville, Photoville Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2012: Winter in America, curated by FotoVisura, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, UK
2012: The Homecoming Project, The End Of War Exhibition, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2012: The Homecoming Project, The End Of War Exhibition, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2012: Soldier, At Ease, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, Texas
2012: War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, Museum of Fine Arts Houston; work included in the permanent collection, Houston, Texas
2013: In War's Wake: The Aftermath of Iraq and Afghanistan, hosted by The Homecoming Project, The Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas
2013: The Gun Show, Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, New York
2013: Battle Company at The Somerville Toy Camera Fest, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, Massachusetts
2013: War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2014: 2014 Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, Texas
2014: Bosnia: 20 Years After The War, Projection, Slideluck Potshow, Austin
2014: War & Memory, co-curator and presenting artist, Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, New York
2014: Soldier-Citizen-Artist, co-curator and presenting artist, The Mid-America Art Alliance Culture Lab Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014: War & Memory, presented by The Homecoming Project in partnership with Fovea, Co-curator and artist, Photoville Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2014: The Homecoming, Projection, Besiktas International Festival of Photography, FotoIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2015: 1 in 20 exhibition, featuring work from The Homecoming Project, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia
2015: We Are The YPJ, presented by United Photo Industries in The Fence exhibition, Boston; Atlanta; Houston; New York
2015: Battle Company and The War At Home, solo exhibition at Texas A&M University Gallery, Commerce, Texas
2015: War & Memory, presented by The Homecoming Project with Fovea and Photoville, Co-curator and artist, Photoville Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2015: The Homecoming Project, The University of Texas - San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2016: The Homecoming Project Screening, The PhotoJourn Festival in Bangkok, Thailand

References

^ "Keynote speaker announced". dallas.journalismconvention.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bio". Erin Trieb Photography. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ "FindIt@UVM". sfx.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Kozol, Wendy (2005-03-14). "Marginalized Bodies and the Politics of Visibility". American Quarterly. 57 (1): 237–247. doi:10.1353/aq.2005.0009. ISSN 1080-6490. S2CID 144671592.
^ Anne Bailey, "These women are taking the fight against ISIS into their own hands", Public Radio International, 28 April 2015. Accessed 29 November 2017
^ ^a ^b Estrin, James (7 June 2011). "Home From Afghanistan to New Battles". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Rawlings, Nate. "Erin Trieb's Homecoming Project: Capturing War Through Veteran Tales". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Turner, Mary (2017-04-11). "The Witness: Erin Trieb". Outside Online. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ "The War At Home". Erin Trieb Photography. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
^ Estrin, James (February 2017). "Highlighting Women in Photojournalism". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ "Middle East". Women Photograph. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ "Outside Mag Puts Photojournalist Erin Trieb on Women's Issue Cover | PDNPulse". PDNPulse. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ "Outside Mag Puts Photojournalist Erin Trieb on Women's Issue Cover | PDNPulse". PDNPulse. Photo District News. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[1] "Keynote speaker announced". dallas.journalismconvention.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[:1-2] "Bio". Erin Trieb Photography. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[:2-3] "FindIt@UVM". sfx.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[4] Kozol, Wendy (2005-03-14). "Marginalized Bodies and the Politics of Visibility". American Quarterly. 57 (1): 237–247. doi:10.1353/aq.2005.0009. ISSN 1080-6490. S2CID 144671592.

[5] Anne Bailey, "These women are taking the fight against ISIS into their own hands", Public Radio International, 28 April 2015. Accessed 29 November 2017

[:3-6] Estrin, James (7 June 2011). "Home From Afghanistan to New Battles". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[7] Rawlings, Nate. "Erin Trieb's Homecoming Project: Capturing War Through Veteran Tales". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[8] Turner, Mary (2017-04-11). "The Witness: Erin Trieb". Outside Online. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[9] "The War At Home". Erin Trieb Photography. Retrieved 2017-12-04.

[10] Estrin, James (February 2017). "Highlighting Women in Photojournalism". Lens Blog. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[11] "Middle East". Women Photograph. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[12] "Outside Mag Puts Photojournalist Erin Trieb on Women's Issue Cover | PDNPulse". PDNPulse. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

[13] "Outside Mag Puts Photojournalist Erin Trieb on Women's Issue Cover | PDNPulse". PDNPulse. Photo District News. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-11-28.

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