The wonderful visual artist Wayne Lawrence is an award-winning documentary photographer. He is best known for his photographic series, Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera and Black Orthodox. He was selected by Photo District News one of their 30 photographers to watch in 2010, and he has gone on to win numerous awards, including the American Photography Annual in 2012 and 2013, as well as the Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Portraiture (2013), and International Photography Awards (2012).

Born and raised in Saint Kitts, Lawrence made his first visit to the United States when he was 16-years-old. He later attended the Brooks Institute at Santa Barbara, and after graduating started working as a freelance photographer. His fantastic images have gone on to be published within the pages of such magazines as The New Yorker, The Sunday Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vibe, the British Journal of Photography, and Marie Clare. His first monograph, Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, was published in 2013. His work has been exhibited in such institutions as The Bronx Museum of Art, The African American Museum in Philadelphia, at the FLAG Art Foundation, and at Amerika Haus in Munich.

Lawrence regularly connects with his legions of followers and fans through Instagram, and Twitter, posting pictures and comments about his life behind the lens.