Jurek Wajdowicz

American art photographer and designer Jurek Wajdowicz is the principal of the renowned Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS) in New York, which he runs together with his design partner, Lisa LaRochelle. EWS is known for their creative work for prominent nonprofit organizations worldwide. Jurek is recognized internationally as a leader in the photojournalistic approach to graphic design. In the recent survey of Graphic Design: USA, Wajdowicz was selected among the “Most Influential Graphic Designers of the Past 50 Years.” Wajdowicz's work resides in the permanent collections of the U.S. Library of Congress, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the United Nations, the Warsaw Museum of Posters, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Lodz Museum of Modern Art and Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, among others.