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Andrew Spear (b. 1987)  is a long form documentary photographer with a focus on rural North America. He has been a professional magazine and advertising photographer for 15 years. 

He currently lives on a small farm in central Ohio with his wife and dog. 

Selected Clients

  • AARP 
  • Bon Appétit 
  • Bloomberg Businessweek
  • Der Spiegel (DE)
  • Esquire
  • eBay
  • Fortune
  • M, le Magazine du Monde
  • Marie Claire
  • The New York Times
  • New Statesman (UK)
  • Paris Match (FR)
  • Rolling Stone
  • Smithsonian Magazine
  • STERN Magazine (DE)
  • TIME Magazine
  • Vanity Fair Italia (IT)
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • YAMAHA 

Accolades

  • American Photography 39, 2023
  • American Photography 30, 2014
  • Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2013 
  • American Photography 29, 2013
  • Lucie Foundation shortlist; 2012
  • Leica Scholarship; Look3, 2012 
  • Eddie Adams Workshop, 2011 
  • PDN Photo Annual, 2011 
  • Society of Publication Designers 46, 2011 
  • InFocus Grant recipient, 2010 
  • 65th College Photographer of the Year AOE 2010, Portfolio 
  • 65th College Photographer of the Year AOE 2010, Documentary 
  • 65th College Photographer of the Year AOE 2010, Portrait 
  • PDN 30, 2010 Nominee 
  • American Photography 26, 2010
  • AmericanPoverty.org 2010 Summer Grant recipient 
  • Southern Short Course 2010 3rd Place, Portrait 
  • Southern Short Course 2010 3rd Place, Pictorial 
  • Southern Short Course 2010 3rd Place, Sports Feature 
  • Southern Short Course 2010 Honorable Mention, Daily Life 
  • PDN 30, 2009 Nominee 
  • 66th POYi 2008, Best Use Online Multimedia 

Lectures

  • The Ohio State University | October 2020
  • Columbus College of Art and Design | January 2020
  • The Ohio State University | February 2012
  • Columbia College, Chicago | November 2010

Group Shows

  • 934 Gallery (Columbus, Ohio) 2015
  • American Photography 30  (Chelsea, NYC) 2014
  • HCP Juried Membership Show (HCP, Houston, Texas) 2011
  • PRISM Index #1 (Skylab, Columbus, Ohio) 2010
  • American Photography 26  (East Village, NYC) 2010
  • LOOKBetween (Deep Rock Farm, Charlottesville, Virginia) 2010

Bachelor's of Science in Visual Communication; Photojournalism–Ohio University, 2010


 

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