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Martin Masai Andersen (born 1972) is a Danish photographer, art director and designer, based in South London.[1] He also lectures at a number of universities. Andersen has made long-term documentary photography projects on football fans and dog shows, and made music videos for The Breeders, Lush and Iceage. His animation work has won a Clio Award and been shown in group exhibitions at Manchester Art Gallery and at SeaCity Museum in Southampton.

Life and work[edit]

Andersen grew up in Denmark and moved to London in 1993.[2] He earned a BA in visual communication design from Ravensbourne University London (1993–1996) and a MA in graphic design from the Royal College of Art in London (1996–1998).[3][4]

Since 2000, in partnership with his sister Line Andersen, he has been creative director at Andersen M Studio in London[3] working in art direction, graphic design, photography, animation, film and music. His work there includes making the music videos for "Against the Moon" by Iceage,[5][6] "Blind Spot" by Lush,[7] "Wait in the Car" by The Breeders,[8][9][10] and "12:36" by Lowly.[11][12]

His documentary photography series and book, Can't Smile Without You, is about fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.[13][14][15] It was made between 2013 and 2017 "on the streets and in the pubs before and after" the team's football matches.[2] The title refers to the song "Can't Smile Without You", popularised by Barry Manilow in 1978, "which fans adopted as the club's anthem."[14] His documentary photography series Dog Shows, made between 2004 and 2019, is about international dog shows in North America and Europe.[16][17]

Andersen is an associate lecturer on "art direction and graphic design concepts" on the BA Fashion Communication course at Central Saint Martins, School of Fashion, London[18] (2000–[3]); senior lecturer at the University of Brighton School of Art;[3] and module leader at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts[19] (2017–[3]).

Publications[edit]

Publications by Andersen[edit]

  • Can't Smile Without You. London: Andersen M Studio, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5272-4955-4. With a foreword by Joe Kerr and an interview with Andersen by Felix Petty.[20]

Publications with contributions by Andersen[edit]

  • Visceral Pleasures. UK: Booth-Clibborn, 2000. Rick Poynor, Vaughan Oliver. ISBN 1861540728.
  • Intro, Sampler2: Art, Pop & Contemporary Music Graphics. UK: Laurence King, 2000. ISBN 1856692248.
  • The New Handmade Graphics: Beyond Digital Design. UK: Rotovision, 2003. Hannah Ford, Anne Odling-Smee. ISBN 2880467039.
  • All Messed Up. UK: Laurence King, 2003. Anna Gerber. ISBN 1856693902.
  • Swinging London – Graphisme & Music Aujourd'hui. France: Centre Du Graphisme, 2004. Michel Bouvet. ISBN 2951917163.
  • 1000 Supreme CD Designs. Spain: Maomao, 2008. Estel Vilaseca. ISBN 9789812456588.
  • 1000 Music Graphics. USA: Rockport, 2008. Clif Stoltze. ISBN 9781592534043.
  • Small Studios. Berlin: Hesign, 2009. Jianping He. ISBN 9783981054415.
  • Bookworm. Berlin: Hesign, 2010. Jianping He. ISBN 978-3-9810544-9-1.
  • Papercraft 2: Design and Art with Paper. Germany: Gestalten, 2011. R. Klanten, B. Meyer. ISBN 978-3899553338.
  • Book Art:Iconic Sculptures and Installations Made From Books. Germany: Gestalten, 2011. ISBN 978-3899553666.
  • Pictographic Index 2. Holland: Pepin, 2011. Hans Lijklema.
  • Unlimited, The Best Small Design Studios of the World. China: Sendpoints, 2011. Jimmy Chai.
  • One by One. China: Hesign, 2012. Jianping He. ISBN 978-3-9814557-0-0.
  • The First Cut: Paper at the Cutting Edge. Manchester: Manchester Art Gallery, 2012. ISBN 9780901673824. Exhibition catalogue.[21]
  • Papercut. USA: Rockport, 2014. Owen Gildersleeve. ISBN 978-1592539024.

Group exhibitions[edit]

Music videos[edit]

  • "Against The Moon" by Iceage (2014) – directed by Andersen and Kim Thue
  • "Blind Spot" by Lush (2016) – directed by Andersen and Kim Thue
  • "Wait in the Car" by The Breeders (2017) – by Andersen and Chris Bigg
  • "12:36" by Lowly (2019) – directed and filmed by Andersen

Awards[edit]

  • Going West video animations, winner, Clio Awards in Animation category, Technique entry, Television/Cinema/Digital medium[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Martin Masai Andersen | Info". martinandersen.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b Andersen, Martin (December 5, 2019). "A fan's-eye view at the football – a photo essay". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Martin Andersen". The University of Brighton. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  4. ^ https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/cv/2a2b37dc-2cfb-4461-a7ef-4e2088151756?locale=en_GB [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Watch Iceage's stormy 'Against the Moon' video". Dazed. November 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "Stunning and dark film-noir inspired music video for Iceage". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  7. ^ "Lush Announce Blind Spot EP, Share "Out of Control" Video". Pitchfork. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  8. ^ Blistein, Jon (3 October 2017). "Hear the Breeders' New Razor-Edged Rock Song 'Wait In the Car'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  9. ^ "The Breeders Return with New Song "Wait in the Car": Listen". Pitchfork. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  10. ^ "The Breeders return with new track 'Wait in the Car'". diymag.com. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  11. ^ "Lowly Share Incredible '12:36' Video". Clash Magazine. 22 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Spill New Music: Lowly Share Video for "12:36": new album 'Hifalutin' out now on Bella Union". The Spill Magazine. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  13. ^ "Martin Andersen captures the ups and downs of being a Spurs fan". Creative Review. December 9, 2019.
  14. ^ a b Sidhu, TJ (11 December 2019). "Tottenham F.C. fans in all their glory". The Face.
  15. ^ "Martin Andersen turns his lens towards the life-long fans of Tottenham Hotspur". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  16. ^ "Extraordinary Pictures Taken Behind the Scenes at Dog Shows". AnOther. January 2, 2017.
  17. ^ "Martin Masai Andersen | Dog Shows". martinandersen.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Martin Andersen". Central Saint Martins. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  19. ^ "Our Staff". www.csvpa.comquote=Graduate Diploma:Martin Andersen: Lecturer. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  20. ^ "December: Books and exhibitions". British Journal of Photography. December 2, 2019.
  21. ^ "The First Cut". Cornerhouse Publications.
  22. ^ "The First Cut". Manchester Art Gallery.
  23. ^ "The First Cut". Wall Street International. October 16, 2012.
  24. ^ "- Going West". Clios. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

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