Saundi September Wilson was born and raised in Brooklyn, the son of jazz drummer Phillip Wilson. Saundi, a self-taught photographer, has been shooting professionally since 2010. His work has been featured on SI.com (Sports Illustrated), in El Diario (the oldest Spanish language newspaper in the country), Chronogram Magazine, Edible Hudson Valley, and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Saundi has had a photo chosen as a Smithsonian Magazine editor’s pick, and he has been a finalist in the Smithsonian Photo Competition (70 finalists chosen from a pool of more than 46,000 entrants, from 168 countries). His work has been featured in the NY Photo Festival Capture Brooklyn exhibit, the "People in the City" exhibit at Berlin Blue Gallery (Berlin), and at the Sony World Photography Exhibit (at Somerset House, London)- the World Photography Organisation selected Saundi’s work from 52,323 images selected from 171 countries.