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Delphine Fawundu-Buford is best known for her critically acclaimed photograph Patiently Waiting which graced the cover of the book Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers and was used to promote the accompanying exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Patiently Waiting is one of the more startling works in “Committed to the Image,” a survey that’s rather tame by the standards of contemporary art.
Mark Stevens,
New York Magazine, Feb. 26, 2001

Mrs. Fawundu-Buford’s documentary-styled photography has also been featured in the following books: Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G by Cheo Hodari Coker (Vibe Books, 2004), Black: A Celebration of Culture by Deborah Willis (Hylas Publishing, 2004), Enduring Visions: Women’s Artistic Heritage Around the World by Abby Remer (Davis Publications, 2001),  Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840-Present by Deborah Willis (Norton, 2000), and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: Playing and Praying in Black Culture.

Ms. Fawundu-Buford’s work has been exhibited in notable exhibitions such as Only Skin Deep sponsored by the International Center of Photography, Photography 21 at the Perkins Center for the Arts, and Point of View at the Westbeth Gallery. She was chosen as one of 200 artists out of over 1,000 reviewed to represent Brooklyn’s most cutting edge artists in the unprecedented and largest survey of its kind in the exhibition Open House: Working in Brooklyn (April – August 2004), at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Delphine has also contributed to magazines such as Vibe, The Source, Essence, Rolling Stone and SOULS (Columbia University). Her work has been used to create publicity campaigns for the Fresh Air Fund, Elektra Records, Soros Foundation, Universal Music Group, The Refugee Project (Lauryn Hill’s non-profit), The Red Hot Organization and RCA Records. She has photographed CD Covers for the legendary Bob Marley’s youngest sons Damien and Julian Marley for Tuff Gong Records and the world famous and Grammy Award winning gospel singer Donnie McClurkin (Album: Live in London) for Jive Records.

Delphine’s photographs have also been used to create greeting cards for Hallmark/Mahogany Inc. She recently created a new collection of handmade fine art photo note cards that can be purchased at the Studio Museum of Harlem and 4W Circle (Ft. Greene, Brooklyn).

Delphine has traveled to South Africa, Sierra Leone, Spain, Egypt and Cuba where she photographed former Black Panther, Assata Shakur, who is living there in exile. Most recently she was awarded a 2006 National Association of Black Journalist, Gulf Coast Fellowship to travel to New Orleans and document the lives of Katrina survivors.

Mrs. Fawundu-Buford’s photographs tell stories of a diverse range of people while eloquently capturing the natural essence of her subjects.