Aric Mayer is a Kenyan-born U.S.-based photographer and artist. His solo exhibition of color photographs titled Balance + Disorder: A Response to Hurricane Katrina and the Photographic Landscape was held at Gallery Bienvenu in New Orleans to commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Mayer’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Columbia Journalism Review, and Bomb Magazine.