Artist Kehinde Wiley photographed by Chris Sanders for project:artist

Artist Kehinde Wiley photographed by Chris Sanders for project:artist

Back in 2004, Chris Sanders photographed Kehinde Wiley, the New York-based artist who recently painted Barack Obama’s presidential portrait, as part of Sanders’ photographic series project:artist – an ongoing exploration of working artists. Wiley is the first African American commissioned to paint an official portrait of the president for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Photographer: Chris Sanders

Subject: Kehinde Wiley

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