Born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Erika is a direct descendant of an ancient clan of Norwegian Vikings. A fearlessness of the wild, propensity towards exploration, and resilience to freezing temperatures are all traits that encourage her adventurous nature. Her guiding experience started on the white waters of Colorado as a white water guide and on the mountains of Big Sky, Montana as a Ski Instructor. Graduating from Montana State University with a degree in photography, Erika blended her love of guiding with her photography education to join National Geographic Expeditions designing and guiding photography trips around the world.
With attached link, you can view and purchase her book on traveling and photographing in Morocco.
She currently joins photography workshops through Morocco and on board National Geographic/Lindblad ships through the Arctic and the Scandinavian Regions including Norway, Iceland and the Shetland and Faroe Islands.
Represented by the National Geographic Image Collection. Please send any licensing inquiries to ngimagecollection@natgeo.com or visit natgeoimagecollection.com.
Chefchaoeune, Morocco, May 2018
Erika is a recent recipient of National Geographic's Early Career Grant and working on a photography project documenting the Scandinavian-American culture of Wisconsin. Through this cultural preservation project, Erika also hopes to encourage others to become more interested in their family’s genealogy and immigration stories, fostering an appreciation for the myriad of unique sub-cultures within the U.S. with renewed understanding and respect of the continued immigration stories of today.
Erika currently lives in her home state of Wisconsin.