Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster

Fellow: Wayne Lawrence


			Wayne Lawrence is a Brooklyn-based photographer who specializes in documentary portraiture; he is a member of Kamoinge, a New York-based collective of African American photographers.


			Photographs by Wayne Lawrence


		Lawrence on Kamoinge Website

Wayne Lawrence was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, in 1974 and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Lawrence was drawn to photography in September 1999 and has been committed to documenting the human condition ever since. After studying photography at Santa Monica College and Brooks Institute of Photography, Lawrence moved to New York City, where he has developed a unique approach to documentary portraiture. In October 2003, Lawrence was presented with the Life Magazine award for his efforts at the Eddie Adams Workshop. Lawrence is a member of Kamoinge, a New York-based collective of African American photographers.

Ten photographers from Kamoinge, a New York-based collective of African-American photographers, documented ravished communities impacted by the hurricane and the devastation's far-reaching ramifications on the economic, social, and racial fabric of its residents; the resulting body of work explores the despair, as well as the hope and resilience of the many residents who have lived in these communities for countless generations.

Main Image: Lives Out of Context: A Hurricane of Race

	Lives Out of Context: A Hurricane of Race

			Photographs by Salimah Ali

			Photographs by Gerald Cyrus

			Photographs by Collette V. Fournier

			Photographs by Russell K. Frederick

			Photographs by Wayne Lawrence

			Photographs by John Pinderhughes

			Coming Soon: Photographs by Eli Reed

			Photographs by Radcliffe Roye

			Photographs by Frank Stewart

			Photographs by Shawn Walker

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