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Camilo José Vergara

Camilo José Vergara is a New York City-based photographer known for documenting the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America, a 2002 MacArthur fellow and recently the first photographer to ever receive the National Humanities Medal. He is the author of many books including, "Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto," culled from 43 years of photographing in New York City (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, December 2013).

Jefferson Church, Walton Avenue at Jefferson, Los Angeles, 2012

The Passion of Christ, As Seen in Murals Around America

Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara looks at depictions of Jesus in murals across America