Brian W. Fraser is an NYC-based photographer and visual editor in Jersey City. His work explores and documents the black body, its joy in resistance, and the aesthetics of the African Diaspora in the Americas through a range of photographic styles.
For commissions, please contact info@brianwfraser.com
Portrait by R.Getchew
Featured In
New York Times, Broccoli Magazine, CRWN Magazine, The Intercept, NBC News, Apartment Therapy, Curbed for NY Magazine, EIGHTY Magazine, The Source Magazine, Origin Magazine, Gothamist, Inside Climate News, Texas Observer, and more.
Commercial Clients
AARP, Pholk Beauty, Madewell, Bang & Olufsen, W Hotels, Birchbox, Veuve Clicquot, Meermin Mallorca, Kwanzaa Crawl.
Editorial Commissions
Wall Street Journal (Lifestyle) - With This 1965 Volvo, Who Needs an SUV? (2024, February 4)
New York Times (Technology) - A Practical Guide to Quitting Your Smartphone (2024, February 1)
New York Times (Fashion) - Forging ‘Great Relationships’ Over Watches. Jason Gong, a diversity, equity and inclusion expert, and Justin Reis, co-founder of WatchBox, talk about how the watch world can welcome more people. (2023, September 13)
New York Times (Style) - Celebrating Their Roots at Curlfest. The natural hair and beauty festival returned after three years away. (2023, July 17)
New York Times (Sports) - After Vanquishing Basketball Royalty, St. Peter’s Celebrates. (2023, March 18)
New York Times - (Sports) - Who Referees the Referees? On TV, He Does. Steve Javie was an N.B.A. official for 25 years. Now he spends his time on TV during games, telling viewers if today’s refs are making the right calls. (2022, May 20)
New York Times (Health) - THE NEW OLD AGE Meet the Underdog of Senior Care. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, funded by Medicare and Medicaid, has quietly succeeded in enabling some older Americans to age in place. (2022, March 12)
New York Times (Sports) - The First Family of New Jersey Football. Seventeen of the last 20 New Jersey state high school championships have featured a team coached by Mike Campanile or one of his four sons. (2021, November 19)
New York Times (Sports) - A Flooded Stadium Went Viral, but the Home Team Didn’t Quit. The Somerset Patriots lost cars and equipment to Hurricane Ida’s aftermath — and had fish swimming in the on-deck circle — but the Yankees affiliate returned home a week later. (2021, September 17)
New York Times (Food) - No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology. A new breed of hydroponic farm, huge and high-tech, is popping up in indoor spaces all over America, drawing celebrity investors and critics. (2021, July 6)
Harper’s Bazaar - This Couple Replanned, Relocated, Downsized, and Rescheduled Their Wedding—in Just Three Months. Janell Hickman and Desi Kirby brought their New Mexico celebration to Brooklyn in the wake of the pandemic with friends, fashion, and family in tow. (2020, November 30)
New York Magazine - Curbed - A Maximalist Bedroom With a Chakra-Enhancing Headboard. Bailey Li designs by her own rules. (2020, November 20)
The Intercept - What Racism Smells Like. Ravaged by Covid-19, Polluted Communities Demand Environmental Justice. (2020, August 8)
NBC News (U.S. News) - 'We've been forgotten': In Newark, N.J., a toxic Superfund site faces growing climate threats. One environmental advocate warns of a potential disaster: With Superfund sites and climate change, we're playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun. (2020, October 1)
New York Times (Health) - Mistrust of a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Imperil Widespread Immunity. (2020, July 18)
New York Times (What to Read) - ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing. An author, literary agent, marketer, publicist, editors and booksellers talk about how race affects their careers — and the books you read. (2020, July 1)
CRWN Magazine: Issue 03 - Money & Power - 2019. Maintain. Advice from loc stylist and founder of NappStarr. (pg 58-61, 64-65)
Gothamist - Inside NYC's Fourth Annual Kwanzaa Crawl: Cooperative Economics In Action. (2019, December 27)
The Source Magazine- Exclusive Ghostface Killah Interview Confirms ODB Biopic is “Greenlit,” New Wu Music On The Way. (2018, November 16)
Origin Magazine - October 2018 Issue (Print + Digital) - Words Meet Walls - (pg 16-17)
Apartment Therapy - This Loft in a Restored Firehouse Is Fearlessly Decorated. (2018, April 11)
Exhibitions
The Chance of Living
Brooklyn Blooms
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
1113 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
August 10, 2023 – Present
Silence’d
Bridge and Tunnel Gallery
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
1566 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
October 1, 2022 – February 1, 2023
What Are We Doing Here?
Lackawanna - Warren Street
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
1566 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
October 1, 2022 – February 1, 2023
#WIP SLIDESHOW
Mana Contemporary - Jersey
Journal Square, Jersey City
888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
June 29th, 2019
Certificates
Visual Story Telling Intensive Course, International School of Photography - 2023
Education
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - College of Architecture
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design, 2005
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY - Rutgers Business School
Master of Business Administration, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, 2011
Member of Diversify Photo