Erika Rand

“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” ~ Amanda Gorman

Erika Rand is an artist, photographer, and filmmaker. In film, she has worked as a cinematographer, director, and producer. She served as a camera operator and producer for a feature film on Tibet with the Dalai Lama, directed a short film on climate change for US high schools reaching 25 million students, and served as a film curator for TED.com's Pangea Day, which appeared on 60 million screens worldwide. She is currently working on a photography project with members of the rarely photographed Hopi tribe, as well as on a long form synthography series based on her photography of the American Southwest. Her art has exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo, Art Basel Miami, Beeple Studios, TimePieces, galleries in New York City (including the Oculus and Times Square), Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Indonesia, Romania, Hungary, and New Zealand. She was recently named one of “100 Photographers to Watch" by thehug.xyz and National Geographic photographers Michael Yamashita & John Knopf. She is currently in an artist in residence with National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey.