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Blake Andrews (29 December 1968) is an American street photographer and blogger based in Eugene, Oregon.[1] Andrews was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.[2]

Life and work

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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

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By Andrews

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  • 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.[n 1]
  • Need Clean Fill. Bump, 2020. Edited by David Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.[n 2]
  • Asa Nisi Masa. Bologna: Eyeshot, 2025. ISBN 979-12-80238-64-1. Edition of 385 copies.[n 3]

With contributions by Andrews

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Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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  • Photographs: 1996-2001, Gallery Untitled, Portland, OR, March 2001.[13]
  • Tilt, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR, July 2004.[14]
  • Male bele laži = Little White Lies, The Artget Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 25 October – 25 November 2013.[15][16][17][18]
  • 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.[19][20][21]

Exhibitions with others

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  • Light Leak, Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR, May 2006. Light Leak group show.[22]
  • Current Photography: New Directions, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 31 October – 1 December 2006.[23]
  • Portland Grid Project, Portland Art Center, 5–27 April 2007.[24]
  • In-Public @ 10, Photofusion, London, 28 May – 9 July 2012.[25][n 5] Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011.[26][27] 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.[12]
  • Out of the Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 29 September 2010 – 3 January 2011. By 42 photographers.[28]
  • 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).[29][30][31]
  • 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.[32][33]
  • iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 February – 24 March 2013.[34][35][36] Photographs by In-Public members.
  • In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.[37] 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.[38]
  • Springfield Grid Project Photo show, Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR, 4–30 November 2013.[39]
  • 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.[40]

Notes

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  1. ^ MagCloud's page for this book is here.
  2. ^ Bump Books' page about this zine is here.
  3. ^ Eyeshot's page about this book is here.
  4. ^ A PDF (9.9 MB) of the catalogue is part of the Marylhurst Digital Collection and may be downloaded from here.
  5. ^ The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "10 Photographers You Should Ignore". Wired. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Blake Andrews". In-Public. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Blake Andrews", Dispose. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ Blake Andrews, Portland Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ Brook, Pete (20 July 2013). "The Grid Project: A photo-survey of Portland". The Oregonian. Portland. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. ^ Pete Brook, "Eye on PDX: The Portland Grid Project", Prison Photography, 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ "About" page, Blake Andrews' website, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ "About" page Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Eugene Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  9. ^ Andrews' page at Light Leak. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b Gibson, David (2014). The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6.
  11. ^ Brook, Pete (11 October 2010). "Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers". Wired. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  12. ^ a b "30th Anniversary Exhibition". Marylhurst University. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Visual Arts Listings". The Portland Mercury. Portland. 15 March 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Visual Arts Listings". The Portland Mercury. Portland. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Blake Andrews, Little White Lies, photography exhibition". Cultural. Retrieved 1 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "'Male bele laži' – izložba fotografija Blake Andrews-a u galeriji Artget", Designed, 21 October 2013. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Blake Andrews: Male bele laži", Raw Season. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Male bele laži", SEEcult. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Blake Andrews". Blue Sky Gallery. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Blake Andrews, Andrea Diefenbach". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Blake Andrews at Blue Sky Gallery". PhotoZone Gallery. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  22. ^ "[untitled]". Portland Tribune. Portland. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2015.[dead link]
  23. ^ "October 31 – December 1, 2006: Current Photography: New Directions". Clark College (Washington). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ "In-Public@10". Photofusion. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  26. ^ "74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel". fr:Compétence photo. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  27. ^ "Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet". fr:La Tribune républicaine de Bellegarde. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  28. ^ "Out of the Drawers" Archived 7 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  29. ^ "In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery". Format Festival. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  30. ^ "Format Programme Announcement". Format Festival. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  31. ^ Battersby, Matilda (3 March 2011). "Format Festival: Street photography steals the show". The Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  32. ^ "Louisville Photo Biennial". Billy Hertz Gallery. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  33. ^ Bram, Richard (19 September 2011). "From Distant Streets". In-Public. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  34. ^ "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". British Council. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015.
  35. ^ "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Thailand Creative and Design Center. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  36. ^ "In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  37. ^ "In Public". Snickarbacken 7. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  38. ^ "Blake Andrews". In-Public. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  39. ^ Exhibition notice[permanent dead link], Eugene a go-go. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  40. ^ "The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show". Centro de la Imagen. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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