Andre D. Wagner is a 2022 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellow.
For more than a decade, Andre D. Wagner has explored and documented New York City street life, with a particular focus on the changing landscape of his Bushwick, Brooklyn neighborhood. Born in Omaha, Wagner moved to New York in 2011 to pursue a master's degree in social work, but photography became his calling. Wagner’s work and practice fits into the lineage of street photography that investigates the American social landscape and highlights themes of race, class, and social identity. He is also committed to photographic processes, developing his own black-and-white negatives and making gelatin silver prints in his personal darkroom. This exhibition, featuring over 100 photographs made between 2014 and 2023, pays homage to the history of street photography and includes never-before-seen film and audio recordings Wagner made in collaboration with his subjects.
Wagner is a photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His photographs have been commissioned by The New Yorker, The New York Times, Esquire, W Magazine,The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time, and Vogue, among other publications. For the movie Queen & Slim Wagner photographed the iconic key art and the campaigns leading images. His photographs have appeared in a number of solo exhibitions and group shows in Los Angeles, New York and North Carolina. His first monograph, Here for the Ride, was published by Creative Future in 2017. He is currently editing a 10-year body of work titled New City, Old Blues.
Opening Event:
Jamel Shabazz in conversation with Andre D. Wagner
September 20, 2023, 6:00–8:00pm
The Gordon Parks Foundation Gallery, Pleasantville, N.Y.
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