AUSTIN ANDREWS

INTERVIEW BY JEREMY POWER REGIMBAL

PHOTOGRAPHY BY AUSTIN ANDREWS

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His passport says he’s a New Zealander, his accent says he’s Canadian, he got his degree in Australia, and he’s just closed the door on eight months working as a photojournalist in southern Africa. Crossing borders is a lifestyle for filmmaker and photographer Austin Andrews, and to prove it he’s started counting the countries he’s been banned from on his second hand. At 23, Austin hops from whim to whim like a mallet playing Whac-a-Mole and he’s just getting started. His film work has screened to millions at festivals on five continents, his photography has featured in National Geographic and he once filled a passport without stepping foot on a plane. And for his next trick? Read on to find out.

 

JEREMY—Hey Austin. I was on your website today and I must say that your photos are just getting better and better. You have really put yourself into some dangerous but thrilling situations, all for a photograph. Not only that, but I know from experience by working with you on films, your ability to capture a moment is truly inspiring. I want to start this interview off with something simple. Tell us a little bit about yourself?

AUSTIN—I guess over the last few years I’ve kind of partitioned my time into distinct chapters, focusing pretty much exclusively on one thing for between four and twelve months. It could be anything from a film project from early pre-production through to the premiere, or like the chapter I’m on now, where I’ve been in South Africa for eight months focusing on photography. I arrived here not knowing what form that focus would take and ended up shooting for a few different NGOs, working freelance for a paper, that kind of thing. All I knew entering this period was the body of work I wanted to get out of it.

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