Blake Andrews
Blake Andrews (29 December 1968) is a north American street photographer and blogger based in Eugene, Oregon.[1] Andrews is a member of the In-Public street photography collective.[2]
Life and work
Andrews was born in Berkeley[2] and grew up in Briceland, California.[3] He began photography in 1993, a year after moving to Portland.[2] In 2004, he joined the Portland Grid Project,[4] in which a number of photographers have continued to photograph Portland, square mile by square mile.[5][6] After moving from Portland to Eugene in 2006,[7] he worked in the similar Eugene Grid Project.[8]
Andrews became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2006,[2] and is also a member of Portland-based collective Light Leak.[9]
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."[10]
Andrews' blog B is "widely popular" and "one of the most respected in the photographic community".[10] Andrews has been writing it since 2007.[2] Pete Brook said in 2010 that "Andrews’ sideways and irreverent commentaries are refreshing in the photoblog zeitgeist."[11]
Publications
By Andrews
- B Sides: Photographic Playing Cards. Self published, 2011. Edition of 75.
- Eugene Postcard Collection. Self published, 2012. Edition of 10.
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.[12][n 1]
- 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.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2001: Photographs: 1996-2001, Gallery Untitled, Portland, OR, March 2001.[13]
- 2004: Tilt, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR, July 2004.[14]
- 2013: Male bele laži = Little White Lies, The Artget Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 25 October – 25 November 2013.[15][16][17][18]
Exhibitions with others
- 2006: Light Leak, Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR, May 2006. Light Leak group show.[19]
- 2006: Current Photography: New Directions, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 31 October – 1 December 2006. By Holly Andres, Blake Andrews, Amy Archer, Daniel Barron, Liz Haley, Mark Hooper, Tamara Lischka and Grace Weston.[20]
- 2007: Portland Grid Project, Portland Art Center, 5–27 April 2007.[21]
- 2010: In-Public @ 10, Photofusion, London, 28 May – 9 July 2012. Photographs by various In-Public members.[22][n 2]
- 2010: Album: Artist Portraits of Artists, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Oregon, 14 September – 27 October 2010. By 28 photographers, curated by Terri M. Hopkins.[12]
- 2010–2011: Out of the Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 29 September 2010 – 3 January 2011. By 42 photographers.[23]
- 2011: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format 11 Photography Festival, Derby, England, 4 March – 3 April 2011. Photographs by various In-Public members.[24]
- 2011: From Distant Streets: Contemporary International Street Photography, Galerie Hertz, Louisville Photo Biennial, Louisville, KY, 2 October – 12 November 2011.[25][26]
- 2013: iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 February – 24 March 2013. Photographs by various In-Public members.[27]
- 2013: In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, 22 May – 26 June 2013. Photographs by various In-Public members.[28]
- 2013: 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. Photographs by Blake Andrews, Jack Simon, Bryan Formhals, Chuck Patch and Richard Bram.[29]
- 2013: Springfield Grid Project Photo show, Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR, 4–30 November 2013.[30]
Notes
- ↑ A PDF (9.9 MB) of the catalogue is part of the Marylhurst Digital Collection and may be downloaded from here.
- ↑ The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.
References
- ↑ "10 Photographers You Should Ignore". Wired. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Blake Andrews". In-Public. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Blake Andrews", Dispose. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Blake Andrews, Portland Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Brook, Pete (20 July 2013). "The Grid Project: A photo-survey of Portland". The Oregonian (Portland). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Pete Brook, "Eye on PDX: The Portland Grid Project", Prison Photography, 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "About" page, Blake Andrews' website, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "About" page, Eugene Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Andrews' page at Light Leak. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- 1 2 David Gibson, The Street Photographer's Manual (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014; ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6).
- ↑ Brook, Pete (11 October 2010). "Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers". Wired. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- 1 2 "30th Anniversary Exhibition". Marylhurst University. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Visual Arts Listings". The Portland Mercury (Portland). 15 March 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Visual Arts Listings". The Portland Mercury (Portland). 22 July 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Blake Andrews, Little White Lies, photography exhibition". Cultural. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "'Male bele laži' – izložba fotografija Blake Andrews-a u galeriji Artget", Designed, 21 October 2013. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Blake Andrews: Male bele laži", Raw Season. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Male bele laži", SEEcult. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "[untitled]". Portland Tribune (Portland). 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "October 31 – December 1, 2006: Current Photography: New Directions". Clark College (Washington). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Preview: The Gallery Guide, April–May 2007. The text was retrieved from within "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. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Out of the Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Format Programme Announcement". Format Festival. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ "Louisville Photo Biennial".
- ↑ "From Distant Streets". In-Public. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Thailand Creative and Design Center. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "In Public". Snickarbacken 7. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Blake Andrews". In-Public. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Exhibition notice, Eugene a go-go. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
External links
- Andrews' website, as it was on 29 June 2014
- B, Andrews' blog
- Instax Gratification, Andrews' Instax blog
- "Suddenly/gradually/family", portfolio in Fraction Magazine 15, June 2010
- Andrews' photographs in the Eugene Grid Project
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