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Andre D. Wagner is a photographer based in Brooklyn. He moved to New York after growing up in Omaha, Nebraska and earning a degree in social work from Buena Vista University, where he was a star on the basketball team. He considered playing basketball professionally and pursued a Master of Social Work at Fordham University before settling into a career as a photographer. Most of Wagner’s work documents the daily life of people in his neighborhood, but he has also traveled across the country as a photojournalist for publications like the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vogue. In 2019, he worked on a movie set for the first time, capturing key images for “Queen & Slim.” FORM talked to Wagner about working during the pandemic, the movement for racial justice in America, and his new book.