Blake Andrews Explained

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

Andrews was born in Berkeley and grew up in Briceland, California.^[3] He began photography in 1993, a year after moving to Portland. 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, 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". Andrews has been writing it since 2007. 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 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.^[12]
• Need Clean Fill. Bump, 2020. Edited by David Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.^[13]

With contributions by Andrews

• 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. . 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. . Edited by Anne Connell.^{[14] [15]}
• The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . 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.^[16]
• Tilt, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR, July 2004.^[17]
• Male bele laži = Little White Lies, The Artget Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 25 October – 25 November 2013.^{[18] [19] [20] [21]}
• 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.^{[22] [23] [24]}

Exhibitions with others

• Light Leak, Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR, May 2006. Light Leak group show.^[25]
• Current Photography: New Directions, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 31 October – 1 December 2006.^[26]
• Portland Grid Project, Portland Art Center, 5–27 April 2007.^[27]
• In-Public @ 10, Photofusion, London, 28 May – 9 July 2012.^{[28] [29]} Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011.^{[30] [31]} 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.^[32]
• 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).^{[33] [34] [35]}
• 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.^{[36] [37]}
• iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 February – 24 March 2013.^{[38] [39] [40]} Photographs by In-Public members.
• In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.^[41] 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.^[42]
• Springfield Grid Project Photo show, Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR, 4–30 November 2013.^[43]
• 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.^[44]

Notes

1. Web site: 10 Photographers You Should Ignore. 29 March 2012 . 1 September 2015 . .
2. Web site: Blake Andrews . 22 July 2017 . .
3. "Blake Andrews", Dispose. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
4. http://portlandgridproject.com/photographer-bios/Blake%20Andrews Blake Andrews
5. News: The Grid Project: A photo-survey of Portland. 20 July 2013 . 29 August 2015 . . Portland . Pete . Brook .
6. Pete Brook, "Eye on PDX: The Portland Grid Project", Prison Photography, 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714105210/http://blakeandrewsphoto.com/pages/about.html "About" page
8. http://eugenegrid.org/pages/about.html "About" page
9. http://lightleak.org/blake.html Andrews' page
10. Book: Gibson, David . David Gibson (photographer)

    . David Gibson (photographer) . The Street Photographer's Manual . 2014 . . London . 978-0-500-29130-6 . 84–85.

11. Web site: Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers. 11 October 2010 . 29 August 2015 . Pete . Brook . .
12. MagCloud's page for this book is here.
13. Bump Books' page about this zine is here.
14. Web site: 30th Anniversary Exhibition . 30 August 2015 . Marylhurst University . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151014210613/http://marylhurst.edu/arts-and-events/art-gym/art-gym-exhibitions/full-archive/30-year-anniversary.html . 14 October 2015 . dmy-all .
15. A PDF (9.9 MB) of the catalogue is part of the Marylhurst Digital Collection and may be downloaded from here.
16. News: Visual Arts Listings. 15 March 2001 . 30 August 2015 . . Portland .
17. News: Visual Arts Listings. 22 July 2004 . 30 August 2015 . . Portland .
18. Web site: Blake Andrews, Little White Lies, photography exhibition . 1 September 2015 . Cultural .
19. "'Male bele laži' – izložba fotografija Blake Andrews-a u galeriji Artget", Designed, 21 October 2013. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
20. "Blake Andrews: Male bele laži", Raw Season. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
21. "Male bele laži", SEEcult. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
22. Web site: Blake Andrews . 4 June 2016 . Blue Sky Gallery . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612063858/http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/blake-andrews/#1 . 12 June 2016 . dead .
23. Web site: Blake Andrews, Andrea Diefenbach . 4 June 2016 . The Portland Mercury.
24. Web site: Blake Andrews at Blue Sky Gallery . 4 June 2016 . PhotoZone Gallery.
25. News: [untitled] ]. 11 May 2006 . 30 August 2015 . . Portland.
26. Web site: October 31 – December 1, 2006: Current Photography: New Directions . . 1 September 2015.
27. 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.
28. Web site: In-Public@10 . Photofusion . 29 August 2015.
29. The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.
30. Web site: 74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel. 11 February 2015 . .
31. News: Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet . 7 July 2011 . 11 February 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205021329/http://www.latribunerepublicaine.fr/Actualite/Sortir/article_1430433.shtml . 5 February 2016 . dead .
32. http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/out-of-the-drawers/ "Out of the Drawers"
33. Web site: In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery . 16 January 2016 . Format Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402100617/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/exhibitions/exhibition/public-derby-museum-and-art-gallery . 2 April 2016 . dmy-all .
34. Web site: Format Programme Announcement . 10 February 2015 . Format Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150211122147/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/news-and-press/format-programme-announcement . 11 February 2015 . dmy-all .
35. News: Format Festival: Street photography steals the show. 3 March 2011 . 23 March 2016 . Matilda . Battersby . .
36. Web site: Louisville Photo Biennial . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031323/http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html . 18 July 2012 . 23 March 2016 . Billy Hertz Gallery.
37. Web site: From Distant Streets . 19 September 2011 . 23 March 2016 . . Richard . Bram . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031323/http://www.billyhertzgallery.com/LOUISVILLE-PHOTO-BIENNIAL-2011.html . 18 July 2012 . dmy-all .
38. Web site: iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150213060930/http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/programmes/arts/past-projects/public-exhibition-street-photography . 13 February 2015 .
39. Web site: iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography. 29 August 2015 . Thailand Creative and Design Center .
40. News: In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography. 24 March 2016 . .
41. Web site: In Public . Snickarbacken 7 . 23 March 2016.
42. Web site: Blake Andrews. 29 August 2015 . .
43. https://eugeneagogo.com/Springfield-Grid-Project-Photo-Show/e/DDFQKFY/ Exhibition notice
44. Web site: The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show. 10 June 2016 . Centro de la Imagen .

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