Andrew MacNaughtan
Andrew MacNaughtan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrew Neil MacNaughtan 25 February 1964 |
| Died | 25 January 2012 (aged 47) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, music video director |
| Years active | 1981–2012 |
Andrew Neil MacNaughtan[1] (25 February 1964 – 25 January 2012) was a Canadian photographer and music video director.[2][3]
Work
[edit]MacNaughtan won four Juno Awards for his work as a photographer, director and album art designer, including three wins for CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year in 1995 for Our Lady Peace's album Naveed, in 1998 for Tom Cochrane's Songs of a Circling Spirit and in 2004 for Jann Arden's Love Is the Only Soldier, and one win for Music DVD of the Year for Rush's Rush in Rio in 2004.[4]
Artists for whom MacNaughtan directed music videos included Rush, Great Big Sea, The Gandharvas, Aaron Carter, Michael Bublé and SHeDAISY.
He also launched ArtGivesHope, a charity to help families in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS, in the early 2010s. He published the photography book Grace: Africa in Photographs in 2011 to raise funds for the organization.[2] The charity was inspired by MacNaughtan's work photographing Live8 in 2005.[5]
MacNaughtan died 25 January 2012 of a heart attack in Los Angeles during an assignment with Rush.[2]
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^ "Rush photographer Andrew MacNaughtan dies". CBC News. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Alex (27 January 2012). "Canadian Rock Photographer Andrew MacNaughtan Dies While on Assignment with Rush". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Obituary". The Globe and Mail. 30 January 2012. ISSN 0319-0714. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "Juno Awards Database". Juno Awards. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Rayner, Ben (26 January 2012). "Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer, dies on Rush assignment". Toronto Star. OCLC 679765547. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
