H. Christopher Erb

Since childhood, Chris loved reading and writing, demonstrating a strong affinity for the written word. Born and schooled in Union City, NJ; after earning a BA in English, from Jersey City State College, N. J., he taught for a while and was pursuing his interest in film and photography when he received a job as an art photographer in New York and for the next 24 years, he was commuting to the city and loved the energy and variety that inspired him to write and fill his pockets with notes. We have notebooks with his right hand written poetry. After a debilitating stroke that left him partially paralyzed, he forced himself to make new skills and connections, switching from his right hand to his left. Happy that his brain reconnected functions remembering his earlier work, he was adding freely, inspired lines in many new notebooks.