Blake Andrews
{{short description|American street photographer and blogger}}
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Blake Andrews (29 December 1968) is an American street photographer and blogger based in Eugene, Oregon.{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/2012/03/10-photographers-you-should-ignore/ | date = 29 March 2012 | accessdate = 1 September 2015 | publisher = Wired | title = 10 Photographers You Should Ignore}} Andrews was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.{{cite web | url = http://in-public.com/photographers/blake-andrews/ | accessdate = 22 July 2017 | publisher = In-Public | title = Blake Andrews }}
Life and work
Andrews was born in Berkeley and grew up in Briceland, California."[http://dispose.co/blakeandrews.php Blake Andrews]", Dispose. Retrieved 3 September 2015. He began photography in 1993, a year after moving to Portland. In 2004, he joined the Portland Grid Project,[http://portlandgridproject.com/photographer-bios/Blake%20Andrews Blake Andrews], Portland Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015. in which a number of photographers have continued to photograph Portland, square mile by square mile.{{cite news | url = http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/07/the_grid_project_a_photo-surve.html | date = 20 July 2013 | accessdate = 29 August 2015 | newspaper = The Oregonian | location = Portland | first = Pete | last = Brook | title = The Grid Project: A photo-survey of Portland}}Pete Brook, "[http://prisonphotography.org/2013/07/22/eye-on-pdx-the-portland-grid-project/ Eye on PDX: The Portland Grid Project]", Prison Photography, 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015. After moving from Portland to Eugene in 2006,[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714105210/http://blakeandrewsphoto.com/pages/about.html "About" page], Blake Andrews' website, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015. he worked in the similar Eugene Grid Project.[http://eugenegrid.org/pages/about.html "About" page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314094610/http://www.eugenegrid.org/pages/about.html |date=14 March 2012 }}, Eugene Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Andrews became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2006, and is also a member of Portland-based collective Light Leak.[http://lightleak.org/blake.html Andrews' page] at Light Leak. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Andrews mostly works in black and white. His "finely tuned black-and-white photographs" are "so subtle that you need to double-check that you haven't missed something. This is a rare quality. They are a quiet homage to the weird, and often feature children. . . . His style is both subtle and original."{{cite book | first = David | last = Gibson | authorlink = David Gibson (photographer) | title= The Street Photographer's Manual | year= 2014 | publisher= Thames & Hudson | location= London | isbn= 978-0-500-29130-6 | pages = 84–85}}
Andrews' blog B is "widely popular" and "one of the most respected in the photographic community". Andrews has been writing it since 2007. Pete Brook said in 2010 that "Andrews' sideways and irreverent commentaries are refreshing in the photoblog zeitgeist."{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/2010/11/favorite-photobloggers/#slideid-15840 | date = 11 October 2010 | accessdate = 29 August 2015 | first = Pete | last = Brook | publisher = Wired | title = Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers}}
Publications
=By Andrews=
- B Sides: Photographic Playing Cards. Self published, 2011. Edition of 75 copies.
- Eugene Postcard Collection. Self published, 2012. Edition of 10 copies.
- Pictures of the Gone World. MagCloud, 2016. In the series Blue Sky Books, and accompanying the exhibition of the same title at Blue Sky Gallery.MagCloud's page for this book is [http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1116794 here].
- Need Clean Fill. Bump, 2020. Edited by David Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.Bump Books' page about this zine is [https://www.davidsolomons.com/zines-1/blake-andrews-need-clean-fill here].
=With contributions by Andrews=
- 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9563322-1-9}}. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Blake Andrews, Nick Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Matt Stuart, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Jesse Marlow, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell.
- Album: Artist Portraits of Artists: The Art Gym 30th Anniversary Exhibition. Marylhurst, Oregon: Marylhurst University, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-914435-55-6}}. Edited by Anne Connell.{{cite web | url = http://www.marylhurst.edu/arts-and-events/art-gym/art-gym-exhibitions/full-archive/30-year-anniversary.html | accessdate = 30 August 2015 | publisher = Marylhurst University | title = 30th Anniversary Exhibition | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151014210613/http://marylhurst.edu/arts-and-events/art-gym/art-gym-exhibitions/full-archive/30-year-anniversary.html | archivedate = 14 October 2015 | df = dmy-all }}A PDF (9.9 MB) of the catalogue is part of the Marylhurst Digital Collection and may be downloaded from [http://digital.collection.marylhurst.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15184coll2/id/402/rec/1 here].
- The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-500-29130-6}}. By David Gibson. Includes profiles on Blake Andrews, Matt Stuart, Nils Jorgensen, Trent Parke, Jesse Marlow, David Solomons and Narelle Autio; also includes contributions from Paul Russell, Nick Turpin, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall, Gus Powell, and others.
- Sad Songs. San Francisco, 2016. Photographs by Andrews, Joe Aguirre, Aaron Berger, Michelle Groskopf, Todd Gross, Troy Holden, Don Hudson, Ben Molina, Ludmilla Morais, and Missy Prince. 44 page zine.
Exhibitions
=Solo exhibitions=
- Photographs: 1996-2001, Gallery Untitled, Portland, OR, March 2001.{{cite news | url = http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/visual-arts-listings/Content?oid=24155 | date = 15 March 2001 | accessdate = 30 August 2015 | newspaper = The Portland Mercury | location = Portland | title = Visual Arts Listings}}
- Tilt, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR, July 2004.{{cite news | url = http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/visual-arts-listings/Content?oid=31742 | date = 22 July 2004 | accessdate = 30 August 2015 | newspaper = The Portland Mercury | location = Portland | title = Visual Arts Listings}}
- Male bele laži = Little White Lies, The Artget Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 25 October – 25 November 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.kcb.org.rs/OProgramima/Likovniprogram/LikovniNajave/tabid/1086/AnnID/2486/language/en-US/Default.aspx | accessdate = 1 September 2015 | publisher = Cultural | title = Blake Andrews, Little White Lies, photography exhibition }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}"[http://www.designed.rs/news/male_bele_lazi_%E2%80%93_izlozba_fotografija_blake_andrews-_u_galeriji_artget 'Male bele laži' – izložba fotografija Blake Andrews-a u galeriji Artget]", Designed, 21 October 2013. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015."[http://artget.belgraderaw.com/izlozba/blake-andrews-male-bele-lazi Blake Andrews: Male bele laži]", Raw Season. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015."[http://www.seecult.org/vest/male-bele-lazi Male bele laži]", SEEcult. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Pictures of the Gone World. Blue Sky Gallery (Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts), Portland, OR, 2 June – 3 July 2016. Photographs of Andrews' family.{{Cite web | url = http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/blake-andrews/#1 | accessdate = 4 June 2016 | title = Blake Andrews | publisher = Blue Sky Gallery | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160612063858/http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/blake-andrews/#1 | archive-date = 12 June 2016 | url-status = dead }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/events/18075077/blake-andrews-andrea-diefenbach | accessdate = 4 June 2016 | title = Blake Andrews, Andrea Diefenbach | publisher = The Portland Mercury}}{{Cite web | url=http://photozonegallery.blogspot.jp/2016/06/blake-andrews-at-blue-sky-gallery.html | accessdate = 4 June 2016 | title = Blake Andrews at Blue Sky Gallery | publisher = PhotoZone Gallery}}
=Exhibitions with others=
- Light Leak, Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR, May 2006. Light Leak group show.{{cite news | url = http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/98336-?tmpl=component&print=1&page= | title = [untitled] | date = 11 May 2006 | accessdate = 30 August 2015 | newspaper = Portland Tribune | location = Portland}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Current Photography: New Directions, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 31 October – 1 December 2006.{{cite web | url = http://www.clark.edu/campus-life/arts-events/archer/archer_past/newDirections.php | title = October 31 – December 1, 2006: Current Photography: New Directions | publisher = Clark College (Washington) | accessdate = 1 September 2015}}
- Portland Grid Project, Portland Art Center, 5–27 April 2007.Preview: The Gallery Guide, April–May 2007. The text was retrieved from within "[https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32016457/preview-a-the-gallery-guide-a-april-may-2007/65 Preview: The Gallery Guide: April–May 2007]" (Yumpu) on 31 August 2015; however, it will not normally be legible in all browsers: having the browser display the source code of the page should reveal it.
- In-Public @ 10, Photofusion, London, 28 May – 9 July 2012.{{cite web | url = http://www.photofusion.org/exhibitions/in-public10/ | title = In-Public@10 | work = Photofusion | accessdate = 29 August 2015}}The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010. Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011.{{cite web | url = http://www.competencephoto.com/agenda/74-Seyssel-Balades-photographiques-de-Seyssel_ae131177.html | accessdate = 11 February 2015 | publisher = :fr:Compétence photo| title = 74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel}}{{cite news | url = http://www.latribunerepublicaine.fr/Actualite/Sortir/article_1430433.shtml | date = 7 July 2011 | accessdate = 11 February 2015 | publisher = :fr:La Tribune républicaine de Bellegarde | title = Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160205021329/http://www.latribunerepublicaine.fr/Actualite/Sortir/article_1430433.shtml | archive-date = 5 February 2016 | url-status = dead }} Photographs by In-Public members.
- Album: Artist Portraits of Artists, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Oregon, 14 September – 27 October 2010. By 28 photographers, curated by Terri M. Hopkins.
- Out of the Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 29 September 2010 – 3 January 2011. By 42 photographers.[http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/out-of-the-drawers/ "Out of the Drawers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907102359/http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/out-of-the-drawers/ |date=7 September 2015 }}, Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- Right Here, Right Now – Exposures From The Public Realm, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, March–April 2011. Exhibition of photographs by In-Public members and the film In-Sight (2011).{{cite web | url = http://archive11.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/public-derby-museum-and-art-gallery | accessdate = 16 January 2016 | publisher = Format Festival | title = In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160402100617/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/public-derby-museum-and-art-gallery | archivedate = 2 April 2016 | df = dmy-all }}{{cite web | url = http://archive11.formatfestival.com/news-and-press/format-programme-announcement | accessdate = 10 February 2015 | publisher = Format Festival | title = Format Programme Announcement | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150211122147/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/news-and-press/format-programme-announcement | archivedate = 11 February 2015 | df = dmy-all }}{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/format-festival-street-photography-steals-the-show-2231147.html | date = 3 March 2011 | accessdate = 23 March 2016 | first = Matilda | last = Battersby | newspaper = The Independent | title = Format Festival: Street photography steals the show}}
- From Distant Streets: Contemporary International Street Photography, Galerie Hertz, Louisville Photo Biennial, Louisville, KY, October–November 2011. Part of Louisville Photo Biennial. Curated by Richard Bram. Included 14 In-Public members, of the 29 photographers included.{{cite web|url = http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031323/http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html | archive-date=18 July 2012 | accessdate = 23 March 2016 | title = Louisville Photo Biennial | publisher = Billy Hertz Gallery}}{{cite web | url = http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/9/FromDistantStreets | date = 19 September 2011 | accessdate = 23 March 2016 | publisher = In-Public | first = Richard | last = Bram | title = From Distant Streets | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031323/http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html | archivedate = 18 July 2012 | df = dmy-all }}
- iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 February – 24 March 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/programmes/arts/past-projects/public-exhibition-street-photography |publisher=British Council |title=iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213060930/http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/programmes/arts/past-projects/public-exhibition-street-photography |archivedate=13 February 2015 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.tcdc.or.th/calendar/detail.php?ID=7996 | accessdate = 29 August 2015 | publisher = Thailand Creative and Design Center | title = iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography}}{{cite news | url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/25559_info_in-public-an-exhibition-of-street-photography.html | accessdate = 24 March 2016 | newspaper = Bangkok Post | title = In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography}} Photographs by In-Public members.
- In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.snickarbacken7.se/?p=309?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true | title = In Public | publisher = Snickarbacken 7 | accessdate = 23 March 2016}} Photographs by In-Public members.
- Common Ground: New American Street Photography, New Orleans Photo Alliance. New Orleans, LA, 26 January – 23 March 2013; Drkrm, Los Angeles, CA, 6 – 27 July 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.drkrm.com/common_ground.html | accessdate = 29 August 2015 | publisher = In-Public | title = Blake Andrews}}
- Springfield Grid Project Photo show, Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR, 4–30 November 2013.[https://eugeneagogo.com/Springfield-Grid-Project-Photo-Show/e/DDFQKFY/ Exhibition notice]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Eugene a go-go. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- 2015: The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, October–November 2015. Slideshow of photographs. Curated by Mark Powell, Carlos Álvarez Montero and Alfredo Esparza.{{cite web | url = http://centrodelaimagen.cultura.gob.mx/fotomexico/en/exhibitions/image-comunity/in-public.html | accessdate = 10 June 2016 | publisher = Centro de la Imagen | title = The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show}}
Notes
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140629183816/http://blakeandrewsphoto.com/ Andrews' website], as it was on 29 June 2014
- [http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com B], Andrews' blog
- [http://instaxgratification.tumblr.com/ Instax Gratification], Andrews' Instax blog
- "[http://www.fractionmagazine.com/blake-andrews Suddenly/gradually/family]", portfolio in Fraction Magazine 15, June 2010
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150930043951/http://www.eugenegrid.org/blake/index.html Andrews' photographs] in the Eugene Grid Project
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