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Salimah Ali is a New York-based photographer. She is a member of Kamoinge, a New York-based collective of African American photographers and is associated with Photography Collections Preservation Project. Salimah Ali was a fellow at Katrina, Unnatural Disaster Project where she documented ravished communities affected by the hurricane.

She describes her photography, "Photography was love at first sight—it is an extension of my insight to the world and the people around me."

Early Life
Salimah Ali was born in Harlem, New York. She was attracted to photography at an early age of 15. She attended LaGuardia Community Colleg e in 1972. She majored in photography at Fashion Institute of Technology. Her work has appeared in number of reputed publications. Among other celebrities, she photographed famous celebrities like Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Eartha Kitt, Patti LaBelle, Grace Jones as Earth, Wind and Fire. She now resides in Jamaica, Queens.

Photography
Salimah Ali's photography captures the loss after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita hit in the Gulf Region. She focuses on the damages done post hurricane on homes and the remaining objects with devastating effects on the area's economic, social, and racial structure.