Orchard Beach Portrait By Wayne Lawrence, Bronx, NYC, United States

His photographs have been exhibited at the Open Society Institute, The African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, The Corridor Gallery and The Calumet Gallery and have been featured in publications such as British Journal of Photography, COLORS, Esquire, Essence, Mother Jones, Newsweek, PDN, The New York Times Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, Trace, Vibe, XXL and Repubblica XL.
In 2010, Wayne was selected as one of Photo District News' 30 photographers to watch and received the Sony Emerging Photographer award (PDN's Photo Annual) for his work from Orchard Beach. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Dusable Museum of African American History. Wayne is represented worldwide by INSTITUTE for Artist Management.