Nestor Hernández (1961–May 13, 2006)[1] was an American photographer and photojournalist of Cuban descent,[2] based in Washington, DC.
Hernández was best known for his street photography of his Washington, DC neighborhood as well as street scenes of Cuba, Ghana and Mali,[3] where he led arts-based projects for children and young adults.
[3] Hernández was born in 1961 in Washington, DC of an Afro-Cuban father and an African-American mother,[4] and he grew up in the DC area knowing little of his Afro-Cuban ancestry and Cuban relatives.
[2] His photographs have been included in gallery, art spaces and museum exhibitions, including permanent exhibitions, in and around the Greater Washington, D.C. capital region, various American cities, Havana, Cuba, and Accra, Ghana.
[6][7][8][4][9] As a professional photographer, his photographs have been published in many newspapers and magazines, such as The Metro Herald,[2] The International Review of African American Art,[5] Port of Harlem magazine,[10] Brookings Review,[11] El Pregonero,[7] The Latin Trade Report,[11] and others.