Erica Deeman profiled in Artsy

Sarah Burke, writing for Artsy, says "She set out to interrogate the conclusions that people often draw before they know anything about a person—with a particular focus on women of African ancestry. But the portraits also subvert these stereotypes by revealing a varied gradient of browns at the illuminated edges of each face, suggesting complex human subjects shrouded in loaded assumptions of blackness. The photos sometimes recall Kara Walker cut-outs come-to-life, and they similarly walk a fine line between pastiche and critique."