About David Mark Erickson

Artist Statement
Photography is an agent of connection and expression in the world for me.  I make no distinction between the ‘small’ moments of personal, human experience and the ‘great’ moments of world events.  They are both equally meaningful in my search to record truth.

I wish to communicate compassionately through my images of the world. In this quest, I am fortunate to have travelled to many countries in my work, including Central and Southeast Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and Australia. I continue to seek the engagement and discovery of travel.

In these countries I have documented people in their natural and social world, paying attention to their traditions and daily lives. I am particularly drawn to the location and color of the street, and my political consciousness has led me to include the intensity of street demonstrations.

In my photography I aim to inspire and create connection between people and place.  I wish to create clever, inventive and technically excellent photographs that record a narrative with simplicity that is of inherent value to the viewers of my photographs.