Erik Madigan Heck
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Erik Madigan Heck is an American photographer, a U.S. correspondent for A Magazine, and the founder editor of Nomenus Quarterly.
In its April 2011 issue, Photo District News magazine named Heck one of the 30 “new and emerging photographers to watch.”
Heck was born in Excelsior, Minnesota
. Heck was exposed to art and museums in Minneapolis from an early age by his parents and he began photographing at the age of 14. In 2002, as a senior in high school, Heck received the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Scholastic Art Awards Gold Medal for his work in photography.
In its April 2011 issue, Photo District News magazine named Heck one of the 30 “new and emerging photographers to watch.”
Heck was born in Excelsior, Minnesota
Excelsior, Minnesota
Excelsior is a settlement on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,188 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
. Heck was exposed to art and museums in Minneapolis from an early age by his parents and he began photographing at the age of 14. In 2002, as a senior in high school, Heck received the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
, a nonprofit organization established in 1994, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Alliance works with more than 100 regional affiliates to provide creative teens...
Scholastic Art Awards Gold Medal for his work in photography.