Who I am
I love to see the world through the lens of my camera.
I am curious (and also a bit weird).
I don’t want to take the beauty around me for granted.
I find things that I think are cool or strange or interesting, and I want to learn more about them.
I am a collector of rocks, nests, art materials, tiny ceramic vessels, old film cameras and myriad other things.
I want to share the stories and wisdom I find when I really pay attention.
Bio
Jennifer Erbe is a photographer and mixed media artist based in Arlington, MA. Her work focuses on transitional spaces, and the intersection of landscape and street photography. She can often be found photographing the environment around her, finding moments of humor and absurdity. Her love of the outdoors and the quirkiness of life inform her work.
Jennifer has exhibited at The Griffin Museum of Photography, Tufts University Gallery, The Nave Gallery and many alternative spaces in the Boston area. Her work has been featured in the photography journal Catching Light.
Jennifer studied photography at the Art Institute of Boston and graduated with a diploma from The Museum School in 2002. She holds a B.S in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University, and worked as a biochemistry researcher for 7 years. She has recently worked as a Teacher Naturalist at Joppa Flats in Newburyport, MA, as a guest instructor at Wright-Locke Farm, Winchester, MA, and a citizen scientist with Earthwise Aware.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Photography Atelier 39, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
Markings, solo exhibition, Muskat Studios, Somerville. MA
2024 Conversations, two-person exhibition, Washington St. Gallery, Somerville, MA
2023 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, juried, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2022 Juried Members Show, Online Gallery, Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
A story
One morning I was walking in the rush hour crowd in downtown Boston, when I saw a beautiful red dragonfly land on a man’s shoulder as he was walking in front of me. The dragonfly enjoyed his ride on the man’s crisp white shirt as we crossed the bridge. We approached the train station, and the dragonfly flew as the man was whisked off into the darkness to continue with his day, unaware of what had I seen.
I wish you could have seen it too.