Erik Madigan Heck is a New York-based photographer who, though not yet 30 years of age, has worked with some of the most exclusive names in fashion, including Ann Demeulemeester and Valentino. In 2010, Belgian designer Haider Ackermann commissioned him to photograph his first men’s collection, and Giambattista Valli once personally requested that Erik photograph 30 pages of fashion for A Magazine, for which Erik serves as the U.S. correspondent. "I have been fortunate to work with very elite clients in fashion on a personal level," Erik notes.
Erik looks at fashion photography as an opportunity to explore various photographic genres at once, usually with an art-historical influence. Since his parents are avid about art-his mom is a painter, and his dad collects work from Papua New Guinea-it was always a part of his life, and after leaving his home state of Minnesota to earn a BA in political science and studio art at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, Erik went on to get an MFA at Parsons School of Design in New York.
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