Erin Lee is a portrait & documentary photographer whose work spans a variety of commercial and artistic projects. Currently based in Melbourne | Naarm available for assignments and collaborations within Australia or internationally. Also available for workshops and 1-1 mentoring. Represented by Le Space Gallery. 

Erin is originally from Aotearoa | New Zealand and has a Master of Arts in Photography. Having lived and worked in New York and Mexico City she has an international exhibition history and an extensive client list. During her time based in Mexico City, Erin was a frequent contributor to Vice magazine and her editorial work has been published with other outlets such as CNN, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Frankie.

SOLO
The Crimson Thread, Melbourne, Australia, 2022
La Guerra Inactiva, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017
Espacio Individuo, Mérida, Venezuela, 2015
Bushwick Residential, New York, 2013
Artists Exposures, Melbourne, Australia & New York, 2012

GROUP
Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards, Melbourne, Australia, 2024
FORMAT23 Photobook Exhibition, Derby, UK, 2023
Speculative Horizons, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2023
Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy, 2022
Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, 2022
Zenith, Melbourne, Australia, 2021
Head On Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2020
Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018
Queens Collective Exhibition, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2018
La Niña Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Wonder Foto Day, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
T3 Photo Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Borders, United Photo Industries Gallery, New York, 2018
Head On Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2017
ARTifariti Festival, Tindouf, Algeria, 2016
ARTFAIRMX, Mexico City, 2015
Fonland Festival, Coimbra, Portugal, 2015
Fenómeno 43, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
Secuestro Visual, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015

FEATURES
Photoworks UK
PhMuseum
Fotoroom
Aint-Bad
Vice 

PARTICIPANT
PhMuseum Criticae Masterclass On Documentary Photography, online, 2024
Master of Arts Photography Degree, Photography Studies College, Melbourne, 2022
Magnum x Photo 2022 PHOTO Lab, workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 2022
Writing for Photography with Daniel Boetker-Smith, course, Melbourne, Australia, 2020
ANZ Photobook Masterclass with Cristina de Middel, workshop, Wellington, NZ, 2019
Project Development with Adam Wiseman, workshop, Mexico City, 2016
Photobook Editing with Alejandro Cartagena, workshop, Mexico City, 2015
Efecto Doppler with Yvonne Venegas, workshop, Mexico City, 2013
Indira Cesarine, internship, New York City, 2012
Andrea Blanch, internship, New York City, 2010
Diploma in Professional Photography, Christchurch Institute of Technology, NZ, 2007

TUTOR
Photographic Publishing, Australian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, 2024
Le Space Photobook Editing Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 2023
Bachelor of Arts & Advanced Diploma, Photography Studies College, Melbourne, 2023
The Art of Storytelling, Christchurch, NZ, 2018
Vision del Norte, Northern border of Mexico, 2016
Style and Visual Language in Photography and Film, Mexico City, 2016
Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura, Mexico City, 2015 - 2017
AAVI - Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, 2015

ARTIST TALKS
Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia, 2024
Le Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2022
University of East London, London, UK, 2022
Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia, 2021
XCHC, Christchurch, NZ, 2018
Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, NZ, 2018
Cristel House Academy, Mexico City, 2017
Fotofilia - International Meeting of Photographers, Mexico City, 2016
First Week of Photography Festival at Iberoamerican University, Mexico City, 2016