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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} '''Blake Andrews''' (29 December 1968) is an American street photographer and blogger based in Eugene, Oregon.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Andrews was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.<ref name="blake-andrews-bio">{{cite web | url = http://in-public.com/photographers/blake-andrews/ | accessdate = 22 July 2017 | publisher = In-Public | title = Blake Andrews }}</ref>
==Life and work== Andrews was born in Berkeley<ref name="blake-andrews-bio" /> and grew up in Briceland, California.<ref>"[http://dispose.co/blakeandrews.php Blake Andrews]", Dispose. Retrieved 3 September 2015.</ref> He began photography in 1993, a year after moving to Portland.<ref name="blake-andrews-bio" /> In 2004, he joined the Portland Grid Project,<ref>[http://portlandgridproject.com/photographer-bios/Blake%20Andrews Blake Andrews], Portland Grid Project. Retrieved 3 September 2015.</ref> in which a number of photographers have continued to photograph Portland, square mile by square mile.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>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.</ref> After moving from Portland to Eugene in 2006,<ref>[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.</ref> he worked in the similar Eugene Grid Project.<ref>[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.</ref>
Andrews became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2006,<ref name="blake-andrews-bio" /> and is also a member of Portland-based collective Light Leak.<ref>[http://lightleak.org/blake.html Andrews' page] at Light Leak. Retrieved 3 September 2015.</ref>
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."<ref name="gibson-street-photographers-manual">{{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}}</ref>
Andrews' blog ''B'' is "widely popular" and "one of the most respected in the photographic community".<ref name="gibson-street-photographers-manual" /> Andrews has been writing it since 2007.<ref name="blake-andrews-bio" /> Pete Brook said in 2010 that "Andrews' sideways and irreverent commentaries are refreshing in the photoblog zeitgeist."<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref group="n">MagCloud's page for this book is [http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1116794 here].</ref> *''Need Clean Fill.'' Bump, 2020. Edited by David Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.<ref group="n">Bump Books' page about this zine is [https://www.davidsolomons.com/zines-1/blake-andrews-need-clean-fill here].</ref> *''Asa Nisi Masa.'' Bologna: Eyeshot, 2025. {{ISBN|979-12-80238-64-1}}. Edition of 385 copies.<ref group="n">Eyeshot's page about this book is [https://www.eyeshotstreetphotography.com/shop/books/asa-nisi-masa-by-blake-andrews/ here].</ref>
===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.<ref name="marylhurst30">{{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 }}</ref><ref group="n">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].</ref> *''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *''Tilt,'' Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR, July 2004.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *''Male bele laži = Little White Lies,'' The Artget Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 25 October – 25 November 2013.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>"[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.</ref><ref>"[http://artget.belgraderaw.com/izlozba/blake-andrews-male-bele-lazi Blake Andrews: Male bele laži]", Raw Season. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.</ref><ref>"[http://www.seecult.org/vest/male-bele-lazi Male bele laži]", SEEcult. In Serbian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.</ref> *''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Exhibitions with others=== *''Light Leak,'' Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR, May 2006. Light Leak group show.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *''Current Photography: New Directions,'' Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 31 October – 1 December 2006.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *''Portland Grid Project,'' Portland Art Center, 5–27 April 2007.<ref>''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.</ref> *''In-Public @ 10,'' Photofusion, London, 28 May – 9 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.photofusion.org/exhibitions/in-public10/ | title = In-Public@10 | work = Photofusion | accessdate = 29 August 2015}}</ref><ref group="n">The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.</ref> Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="marylhurst30" /> *''Out of the Drawers,'' Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 29 September 2010 – 3 January 2011. By 42 photographers.<ref>[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.</ref> *''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).<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name="battersby-independent">{{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}}</ref> *''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> *''iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography,'' Thailand Creative and Design Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 February – 24 March 2013.<ref name="british-council">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Photographs by In-Public members. *''In Public,'' Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.snickarbacken7.se/?p=309?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true | title = In Public | publisher = Snickarbacken 7 | accessdate = 23 March 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.drkrm.com/common_ground.html | accessdate = 29 August 2015 | publisher = In-Public | title = Blake Andrews}}</ref> *''Springfield Grid Project Photo show,'' Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR, 4–30 November 2013.<ref>[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.</ref> *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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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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