Charles Stonewall, a photographic artist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, holds an MA in Studio Art from the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a BFA in Photography and Design from the Kansas City Art Institute. His work explores themes of solitude, peace, beauty, and tranquility, contrasted with the unseen tensions beyond the frame. Stonewall often incorporates dancers for their expressive posture and body language, expanding the narrative of his portraits, which blend social relevance with shared human connection.

He began his professional career at twenty-four as an industrial photographer for Pennsylvania Power and Light, later becoming a co-founding member of the Culture Enrichment Committee, a collective of Black artists advocating for visibility in the Lehigh Valley. His work has been exhibited at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Lafayette College, Kutztown University, Cedar Crest College, Muhlenberg College, Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Lehigh University Art Galleries’ 2025–2026 Here & Now exhibition.

More recently, Stonewall’s work, along with that of nine other artists—five from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and five from Baltimore—was exhibited throughout the summer of 2026 at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center in Baltimore in a major exhibition titled 5 × 5 Baltimore: The Art of Black Men. Project advisor and artist Alma Roberts said, “The exhibition is arriving at exactly the right moment, in exactly the right city.” “The ten internationally renowned Black male artists from two of the nation’s artistic epicenters will resonate throughout Baltimore, and the messages embedded in forty remarkable works will be amplified far beyond the gallery walls.”