Roger Erickson

“Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality” (Group), Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA., June 22 2019– March 29 2020 [7]

In 2014 Meg Shiffler, Gallery Director of the San Francisco Arts Commission and Galleries, acquired Roger Erickson's photographic series entitled, "Outspoken: Portraits of LGBTQ Luminaries" [6]” for a four month, solo exhibition in the restored Beaux-Arts architecture, San Francisco City Hall Building which opened June 9 to October 16, 2015. The exhibition coincided with the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the national legalization of same sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges).

In November, 1990 his first assignment commissioned for Select Magazine, were photographs of Motörhead, Neil Young and Crazy Horse (written by David Cavanagh, November/1990). In 1991 he relocated to London, where he began his career photographing musicians. He is the 1st African American photographer to photograph a cover of Vogue with Lily Aldridge for the August, 2003 issue of Vogue México y Latinoamérica. In 2017 Roger Erickson photographed his 3rd portfolio issue of Out100 [3] [4] [5] for Out Magazine. His images have been published in Harper's Bazaar (UK), GQ (US), Entertainment Weekly, Out Magazine, Q Magazine, ESPN Magazine, The Source Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and The Advocate Magazine.

Roger Erickson (born 1964 in Washington D.C.) is an American filmmaker[2] and photographer.