Erica Houskeeper Communications

05/03/2025

This was my first photo assignment after my brother died. I hadn’t worked for about a month after his kayaking accident, and it felt strange to return to the real world. I remember feeling like I was in the deep end of the ocean.

Something about this photo feels precious to me now. Back in September, in my shock and grief, the air had an odd electricity to it and the days looked like they were in Technicolor.

But this scene at Blue Ledge Farm was like a little slice of heaven with some magic sprinkled in. And the goats made me laugh and smile.

Thanks to Anson Tebbetts and his team at
Vermont Agriculture for a dream assignment with my husband, David Barron.

02/02/2024

My latest story for the College of Education and Social Services at UVM features alumna, author and death doula Francesa Arnoldy. Her new book beautifully articulates the challenge of facing our own mortality and the questions we can ask ourselves.

When Francesca Arnoldy arrived at her grandparents’ home in Massachusetts and approached her dying grandfather’s bedside a decade ago, she was unsure about what to expect. Feeling nervous and realizing the gravity of her grandfather’s condition, she offered comforting words to her...

09/17/2022

Loved photographing the incredibly talented artist Katie Babic Designs for the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund.

01/26/2022

A fun assignment photographing Tucker Riggs, owner of Laughing Stock Farm Forest Products, at his mill in Fletcher last month. (For Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund/ Vermont Forest Industry Network)

01/13/2022

A photo assignment for UVM's College of Education and Social Services. Love that September light.

12/17/2021

One of my favorite photo assignments of the year was taking this lovely portrait for Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Vermont.

06/30/2020

I loved working with Bee's Wrap of Middlebury and creating content for the company's new website. https://beeswrap.com

02/20/2020

It's such a pleasure to meet and photograph Vermonters. Here's a recent photo I took of Sam Hooper of Vermont Glove in Randolph while on assignment for the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

11/21/2019

Calvin Willard is one of the world’s most highly ranked competitive lumberjacks. I had the pleasure of photographing him at his home in Barnet last month for the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund.

08/13/2019

It was inspiring to photograph Brian Jerose, president and co-founder of Agrilab Technologies Inc in Middlebury. The assignment was for Accel-VT, an accelerator program run by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund to support climate economy innovation.

06/12/2019

My new website featuring my writing and photography is up and running. Thanks to Pluck for the stellar redesign!

Erica Houskeeper is a communications specialist based in Burlington, Vermont providing content development, social media strategy, writing and photography.