Wayne Lawrence

Wayne Lawrence
View of Baia de Guanabara, Botafogo Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
archival digital c-print
19 x 28-1/2 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Brothers, Portobelo, Panama, 2011
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23 x 18-1/8 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Brothers, Soweto, 2013
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23 x 18-1/8 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Chongome, Congo and Diablo Festival, Portobelo, Panama, 2011
archival digital c-print
23 x 18-3/8 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Christiano and Gecyane, Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
archival digital c-print
19 x 28-1/2 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Eduardo, Congo and Diablo Festival, Portobelo, Panama, 2011
archival digital c-print
24 x 20 inches (paper)

Wayne Lawrence
Jafta, Soweto, 2013
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23 x 18-1/2 nches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Jose and Gabriel, La Romana, Dominican Republic, 2005
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18-1/2 x 23 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Pantsulas, Soweto, 2013
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24 x 20 inches (paper)

Wayne Lawrence
Recycler, Soweto, 2013    
archival digital c-print
23 x 18 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Tiled Stairway, Rocinha Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
archival digital c-print
23 x 15-3/8 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Untitled, Congo and Diablo Festival, Portobelo, Panama, 2011
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23 x 18-1/4 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
Untitled, Soweto, 2013
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23 x 18-1/2 inches (image)

Wayne Lawrence
View of Ipanema from Rocinha Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
archival digital c-print
20 x 30 inches (paper)

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Born 1974, St. Kitts
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California
Brooks Institute of Photography, Ventura, California

Selected Exhibitions
2014         
• After Tears, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany
2013
• Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York, New York
• Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, New York
2012
• International Photography Awards, Best of Show Exhibition, Santa Monica, California
2010
• PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers, Clarke/Oshin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
• Kamoinge: In The Moment, Calumet Gallery, New York, New York
2008
• Positivity: Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, New York
• Moving Walls 14, Open Society Institute, New York, New York
2007
• Kamoinge: Revealing The Face Of Katrina, HP Gallery at Calumet Photographic, New York, New York
2005
• Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Message In The Masquerade, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, New York

Awards and Grants
2014
• PDN Photo Annual - 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
2013
• The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions In Photographic Portraiture – PDN Photo Annual (The Black Orthodox)
• The Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship (The Black Orthodox)
2012
• International Photography Awards - International Photographer of the Year Finalist
• International Photography Awards - People Photographer of the Year
• American Photography 28 and 29, Selected, (Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera - 2012 / The Black Orthodox – 2013)
2010
• PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers, New York
• Sony Emerging Photographer Award (Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera) – PDN Photo Annual
2008
• Katrina Media Fellowship, Open Society Institute, New York