About Kerika
Kerika Fields is a Brooklyn, New York-based writer and photographer whose work has been published and exhibited widely.
She is the author of "With Your Bad Self" (Jacaranda Books) a coming-of-age love story set in an economically challenged Brooklyn on the precipice of WWII where 'Love Conquers All' may not be true this time.
Her debut book was “He’s Gone…You’re Back! The Right Way to Get Over Mr. Wrong” (Kensington Publishing/Souls of My Sisters).
She has covered current events and the arts & entertainment scene in NYC for over two decades.
Her articles and photographs have appeared in The Amsterdam News, Black Elegance, Caribbean Life, The Daily News, Essence Magazine, Honey, Savoy, The Source, Spice!, Variety, Vibe and online at ABFF.com, Bust.com, curlynikki.com, soulhead.com, and Tuenight.com.
Kerika Fields' photographs have been exhibited at The African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Brooklyn Historical Society, The Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Moon Café, Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn, Five Myles Gallery in Brooklyn, 40 Acres Art Gallery in SanFrancisco, The McKenna Museum in New Orleans, and the RUSH Arts Gallery and Leica Gallery in Manhattan.
Her images appear in the Deborah Willis photography book,
- “BLACK: A Celebration of a Culture” (Hylas Publishing, 2008),
- “I GOT YOUR BACK: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship” by Eddie Levert, Sr. and Gerald Levert with Lyah Beth LeFlore (Harlem Moon, 2007),
- “Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond” by Phil Collen and Chris Epting (Simon & Schuster, 2015), and
- In the compilation book “Mfon: 100 Women Photographers of the African Diaspora” (2017).