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Based in San Francisco
Andrew Owen is a photographer and creative leader based in San Francisco. His career began as the Managing Director of the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, an international 3-day photography celebration led by editors at National Geographic, Aperture, and the NYTimes. As the festival director, Andrew organized exhibitions with photographic luminaries including Nan Goldin, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Carrie Mae Weems, Josef Koudelka and many others. In 2009, he was the recipient of a National Geographic Young Explorer grant to carry out The American Festivals Project, a year-long photography expedition to document hidden and bizarre festivals across America. In 2014, after relocating to California, he joined the team at Instagram as one of the first 60 employees leading efforts to bring the app’s vibrant creative community to life through events and storytelling. In his personal photography practice Andrew’s work centers around his interest in the California landscape, environmental change, the human wilderness boundary, color, abstraction, and geologic time. In November 2023, Andrew opened a gallery in his apartment in San Francisco, stepping into a long tradition of non-traditional art spaces in the Bay Area.
