Light of the World
This years focus will be “light”. I keep finding journal entries about being a light, photo ideas with light as the focus, scriptures about light and a vision of a man who spoke to me and said, “it was too much LIGHT for her to hold onto”. I can’t deny that I’m being spoken to about light, to be a light and release light into the world..It humbles me to speak of the greatest “light” ever released into this world, “Jesus”, The light of the world. This image I came across today from years ago(another nudging), I re-worked it a bit, represents releasing the light that lives within us. It can not be caged or hidden. It is bold and radiant. It lights up the dark places and fills them with truth. Living in his truth is what makes us free, free to fly....to be bearers and releasers of light. 🕊.Erika Masterson 2018
Release light Erika Masterson
Erika Masterson is a Fine Art Photographer, living her dream between two worlds, a lakeside cabin tucked in the Southern Appalachian mountains and a quiet beach town on Florida’s east coast.Erika and her husband Ed have 4 children and one granddaughter. Her children are often seen in her artistic works.
She received her degree in photography from the Southeastern Center for Photographic Studies in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1990. In 1999 opened her own commercial portrait business and has been working the past 20+ years in California and Florida.
In 2012 Erika expanded her Art including many exhibits and awards. Her most recent accolades; Solo Exhibition Soho Gallery New York; the Co-Jurors Choice award by Joyce Tenneson under the theme “The Intimate Portrait”; She was chosen as a Julia Margaret Cameron finalist for her series “A Message for my Daughter” and was selected as Black and White Magazine’s Portfolio Spotlight winner for her series Sara’s Sojourn.
Her quiet and soulful images have been published in numerous magazines such as Black and White Magazine 2014 & 2017, Victoria Magazine 2000 & 2016, Silvershotz Magazine, Shots Magazine, 5×5 Magazine, Bella Grace Magazine, Raine, Shadow & Light and In-Style Magazine. Erika recently has her images being sold around the world and on greeting cards with Palm Press and book covers. She has also self-published 4 books with her series of work.
