Erika Langley
Erika Langley is an American photojournalist and writer. Born in Arlington, Virginia, she has been based in Seattle, Washington since 1992.[1] She worked from 1992 to 2004 as dancer at the Lusty Lady, a peep show in Seattle.[2] Her 1997 book, The Lusty Lady: Photographs and Texts combined memoir, photographs, and sections about several of her co-workers there.[3]
Langley is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She originally became interested in the Lusty Lady in terms of photographing dancers, but was informed by management that the only way she would have access to do that was if she danced there herself.[4] She ended up working there for twelve years.[2] The photos she took there resulted in her book The Lusty Lady[4] and in several art exhibits including one in 1994 that an administrator of the King County Arts Commission Gallery described at the time as that gallery's "most potentially controversial exhibit."[5] Her work was given an entire wall of the 1999–2000 Seattle Art Museum exhibit "Hereabouts: Northwest Pictures by Seven Photographers,"[4] after the same museum had canceled a 1998 exhibit at almost the last minute.[6]
More recently, Langley has been documenting the erosion of Washaway Beach at North Cove just south of Grayland, Washington, one of the fastest eroding places in the Western Hemisphere.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ Biography, erikalangley.com. Accessed online 2012-12-11.
- ^ a b Monica Guzman, The Lusty Lady sets its funeral, seattlepi.com, 2010-05-11. Accessed online 2012-12-05.
- ^ Erika Langley, The Lusty Lady: Photographs and Texts (1997), Scalo (Zurich - Berlin - New York). ISBN 3931141594.
- ^ a b c Peggy Andersen/Associated Press, An f-stop and a G-string mark woman's dual career, Seattle Times, 2000-01-30. Accessed online 2012-12-05.
- ^ Ferdinand M. de Leon, "A Dare, a Dance, an exhibit - Artist Captures the Lives of Nude Dancers, But First She Had To Become One of Them", Seattle Times, 1994-04-07. Accessed online 2012-12-11.
- ^ Robin Updike, "The Lusty Lady Lives On In Plaintive Images", Seattle Times, 1998-07-02. Accessed online 2012-12-11.
- ^ A Delicate Balance, Photo Center NW. Website for an exhibit that took place May 11 – June 5, 2007. Photos 5–8 on the page are examples of Langley's work at Washaway Beach. Accessed online 2012-12-11.
- ^ Award Winners / Artist Profile: Erika Langley, artisttrust.org (2005 award). Accessed online 2012-12-11.
External links
- Erika Langley Photography, official page