About

Corey Anthony Ware
Corey Anthony Ware

Corey Anthony Ware (b. 1988), working professionally as Corey Anthony, is a photographer and creative director based in New Orleans.

His practice spans portraiture, fashion, editorial, still life, and commercial photography, alongside independent projects and exhibitions. Working across image-making and creative direction, he develops the concept and visual approach of a project through its final photographs, with attention to casting, styling, setting, lighting, and composition.

His work includes individual portraits, editorial stories, and national campaigns. Across these formats, he considers the relationship between the subject and their surroundings, and how gesture, clothing, space, and light shape an image.

He works nationally, with projects in New Orleans, New York, and Los Angeles.

Selected Clients & Commissions

2026250 Years of American Poetry · Alexandria Museum of Art (NEA-funded)
2025Homegrown National Campaign · Son of a Saint Foundation
2025Digital Cover & Editorial Portrait Series · Essence Magazine

Public Collections

2024Alexandria Museum of Art, Permanent Collection
2024New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM), Permanent Collection

Grants & Awards

2026First Place Award · NIGHT WORKS · Decagon Gallery
2024Arts New Orleans Grant Awardee

Selected Exhibitions

2026First Place — NIGHT WORKS · Decagon Gallery
2026250 Years of American Poetry · Alexandria Museum of Art
2024Gestures of Refusal · Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
2024How You Doin' New Orleans? · Merchant House
2023In the Spirit of Black · Ashe Cultural Arts Center
2021Art of the Black Experience · Ashe Cultural Arts Center

Publications

2024Seeing Black: New Orleans Photography from 1840 to Present

Education

2024MBA, Walden University
2016BS, Marketing, Southeastern Louisiana University