Erik Sanchez

Emeryville, CA USA
7 Years Experience

Professional Experience

The coolest photo editor and photographer around. I've worked on projects anywhere from putting together a shoot for Bjork, to overseeing assignments documenting underground music in Turkey, to researching & licensing rare photographs of Grace Jones.

Expertise

Editor (photo, picture) 2 YearsPhotographer 7 Years

Specialty

Entertainment 7 YearsMusic 7 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 7 YearsOnline/new media 7 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Pitchfork (10+)
  • The Dissolve (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Bose (1-2)
  • IDEO (1-2)
  • Johns Hopkins (1-2)

Awards

Webby Honoree for Best Use of Photography, National Magazine Award General Excellence Digital Media

Other Work History

Had a brief stint working as an in-house studio photographer for The Paper Source.

Technical Skills

Photo Editing, Color Correction, Retouching, Video Editing, Web and Interactive Design

Computer Skills

Mac OS, Windows OS, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Basic HTML/CSS

Equipment

MacBook Pro, Canon 6D, Macro & Portrait lenses, Adobe and Microsoft Application Suites

General

Portfolio
(Pitchfork 6/9/2026)
This is my portfolio, mostly during my time as a full time editor and photographer for Pitchfork Media.