Erin Patrice O’Brien is a portrait and reportage photographer based in Brooklyn, New York.
[4] Since then, O'Brien has shot editorial and reportage work for a range of publications and clients including New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, People, Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and others.
[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] She has extensively photographed the entertainment industry, from comedians Dave Chappelle, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, and John Leguizamo to hip-hop artists Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, Questlove, and others.
[13][14] For two years, she documented girls in New York City's Mexican-American community for a project entitled "Mamás Adolescentes: NYC 2006-2007".
[2] O'Brien showed the series of large-scale portraits in 2008 at the Rush Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn.