Eric Gottesman teaches, organizes, writes and makes collaborative artworks that address nationalism, migration, structural violence, history and intimate relationships.

He is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, Creative Capital Artist, Fulbright Fellow and co-founder of For Freedoms (an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement). He co-created the books Sudden Flowers (2014) and For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? (2024).

Eric is a mentor in the Arab Documentary Photography Program and the Magnum Foundation Photography Expanded Fellowship. He is also the William Wilson Corcoran Visiting Professor in Community Engagement at George Washington University.