Eri Morita was born in Kumamoto, Japan and grew up in Tokyo. After graduating Ferris University in Yokohama, she moved to New York City to study photography at International Center of Photography. She finished ICP's General Studies of Photography program in 1997.
Her fine art project "Home Drama," started in 1999, has been widely exhibited and granted awards in USA, France, Mexico, Russia and Japan. "Home Drama," the book, was published by Shingpoosha publishing in 2005.
She received awards including 7th Canon Cosmos of Photography Award (Jury: Takashi Honma) in 1998, Itaru Hirama Award in 2005, PDN's 30 in 2005, 2014 Japan Photo Award (Jury: Taka Ishii) and the 6th Annual JGS Artist Award in 2015.
Her works has been collected by Joy of Giving Inc. (New York), Kiyosato Photo Art Museum(Yamanashi, Japan), Milwaukee Museum of Art(Wisconsin) among others. Currently she lives and works in Encinitas, CA.
Dreamlike images from a carefully manicured neighborhood in Southern California that consider the perspective of children who grow up in sheltered, pristine surroundings—beautiful (yet empty?) bubbles.
Shingpoosha Publishing