Joey L.

Joey Lawrence is a Canadian-born photographer and director based in Brooklyn, New York. Since the age of 18, Joey's work has been consistently sought out by a number of advertising clients, including National Geographic Channel, U.S. Army, Lavazza, Canon, Jose Cuervo, History Channel, The Government of Abu Dhabi, and many others. His work is regularly seen in magazines, subway advertisements, and billboards. A firm believer in fostering creativity and fulfillment through personal pursuits, Joey wrote and directed his first scripted film entitled People of the Delta. Most recently, Joey traveled three times to Iraq and Syria to document the ongoing crisis. He has embedded with multiple sides of the war, including the government-held areas in Damascus, to the Free Syrian Army opposition rebels, and Kurdish fighters of the YPG. Joey has been listed as one of the "Most Influential Photographers on Social Media"; Complex magazine named him one of the "30 Photographers under 30 to Watch"; and he has been recently featured in London's National Portrait Gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing Prize exhibition.