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

Wayne Lawrence (b. 1974) is a St.Kitts born documentary photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. His work is a visual diary of his life experiences, and focuses on individuals and rituals within communities otherwise overlooked by the mainstream media.
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.