Lamont W. Harvey bio
Lamont W. Harvey stands in front of a M3 Medium "Monty" Grant.Lamont W. Harvey is a news artist currently working at the Baltimore Sun.
You can see more of Wes Harvey's graphics, such as his Lightwave tugboard graphic (below), on his page at News Page Designer.
Mr. Harvey earned his Master of Arts in History at Morgan State University in Baltimore in 1994, writing a thesis on the 93rd division in WWII and smaller articles on black oyster packers in the Chesapeake Bay.
Mr. Harvey interned for the news art departments of the Roanoke Times, Greensboro News and Record, and Virginian Pilot in 1991-92.
He began working full time for the Army Times in 1994 while working as a temp and part-timer for the Washington Post.
In 1997 he moved to the Baltimore Sun where he won 2 SND (Society of Newspaper Design) awards, numerous MDDC (Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia) Press awards, including best illustration in 1998 and 1999 for historical paintings and drawing for the 135th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Bull Run, and recently won a Baltimore-Washington Newspaper Guild award for a 3-dimensional graphic on the restoration of the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum.
Mr. Harvey has also worked as a scenic artist for opera companies in Baltimore and New York prior to his career in journalism.
Additional: Mr. Harvey also plays amateur soccer for Slackers F.C. (winners of the Anne Arundel O-30 A-League in Spring 2005, finalists in Fall 2005, winners of the national Amateur indoor O-30 championship in 2003, and manages the "Travelers" SC who were semi-finalists in the 3v3 Men's Rec Nationals 2001.
Mr. Harvey also coaches "Comets F.C." who placed 2nd in the womens 3v3 nationals January 2006.
Harvey attended art school in New York with Barry Brenig, right, whose father's true story is featured in Invisible Soldiers.