Erin O'Leary

Erin F. O’Leary is a writer, editor, and photographer based in Los Angeles. Her work reckons with the stakes, ethics, and impacts of photography. She is interested in the friction between photography’s ongoing role in maintaining and developing systems of power (e.g., colonialism, ableism, consumerism) and its radical capacity as a joyous, connective, and resistant form. Her texts on photography and image culture have appeared in Momus, Carla, and Photograph, among other publications. She was on the editorial staff at Carla for six years, concluding her tenure as Managing Editor in early 2025. Originally from the Midwest and raised in Maine, she holds a B.A. from Bard College.