Tuesday Jun 28, 2016
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
NASW Museum, 500 Forrestal Road, Cape May Airport
886-8787
Combat Photographer Erin Kirk-Cuomo
East Coast based photographer Erin Kirk-Cuomo captures the beauty in human interaction. From a couple taking their engagement photos to world leaders discussing wars, she has dedicated her life to telling stories through images. After graduating from the University of the Arts she enlisted in the Marine Corps as a combat photographer. She served in both Iraq and Afghanistan before continuing on to become the Commandant of the Marine Corps personal photographer at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. where she served out the end of her enlistment. After leaving the Marine Corps she was asked to become the lead photographer to the new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta serving with him for two years and continuing on with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel documenting the daily activity of the Department of Defense and its leadership. Erin now lives in Cape May, New Jersey with her active duty Coast Guard husband Jake.