Erin has spent her entire adult life in the pursuit of making beautiful and impactful images.  Openness, communication, and experienced execution are the hallmark of her brand.  She always strives to bring her best self to each project, because joy can be found in all areas of life if we help to contribute to it.  Erin’s recent fine art work has won multiple awards, including 2020 Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) – Bronze Winner, and 2020 AI-AP – Selected Winner, American Photography 36.  Her commercial work is widely published in noted magazines such as Architectural Digest,  Epoca Magazine, House Beautiful as well as photographic commissions for some of America’s most famous including Donna Karan, Herman Miller, Gensler, Duralee, John Robshaw and Michael Aram.

In Reimagining Nature Derby is attempting to discover or uncover something new each time she sets out to create a collage. At times working with the simplest of botanical material, and at times trying to fill the frame with abandon, but always surprising herself with what happens when it comes together. It isn’t all chance, since she makes very specific and learned choices of light, depth of field, color, texture, and layout. But since nature creates only unique specimens, with no two exactly alike, the flora are also bringing something to the proverbial table. They have a contribution to make to the final arrangement. Nothing is digitally manipulated to alter the botanic itself. Each image is a play between the real and surreal, line and curve, observation of nature and form. A subject matter that although photographed time and time again, continues to present something new to the artist.