Andrew Kung

Andrew Kung (born 1991, San Francisco) is an American photographer based in New York..
==Life and early career==
Born in San Francisco, Andrew Kung attended UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business as an undergraduate before working at LinkedIn in his first job out of college. A self taught photographer, Andrew first started making pictures with his iPhone in his last year of school, using the landscapes of San Francisco as his first subject. 
Years after working in Silicon Valley, Andrew decided to move to New York, pursuing photography as a full-time profession in 2016. While he first started working commercially, Andrew began discovering his voice as a fine artist, exploring themes of race, identity, belonging, and masculinity in his long form projects.
==Work==
Mississippi Delta Chinese (2017) was Andrew's first body of work, photographed in collaboration with Emanuel Hahn, that documented a small, diverse group of Chinese Americans who grew up and currently reside along the Delta. The piece was first published by The New York Times - and subsequently by Huffington Post and Voice of America - giving visibility to the stories and experiences of Asian Americans in the deep South.
The All-American (2018-2022), explored the mythologized all-American figure and the hierarchical tenets of hegemonic masculinity; through an examination of intimate spaces, Andrew constructed scenes inspired by his adolescent and adult experiences. The project resulted in an opinion piece for CNN, among other features in Dazed, i-D, Paper Magazine, Ignant, and It's Nice That
Dreaming on the Hudson (2022-present) is an ongoing project examining Asian American men in the natural world, using nature - specifically the Hudson River Valley - as a vehicle of escape and rebellion against American imaginations of masculinity and stewardship. 
In years between, Andrew worked on a number of smaller concepts and projects that have been featured across CNN, Vogue, i-D, NOWNESS{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowness.asia/picks/%7B%7B%20$root.location.protocol()%20+%20%27://%27%20+%20$root.location.host()%20+%20$root.location.path()%20%7D%7D|title={{ ($root.post && $root.post.id) ? $root.post.translations[$root.lang].socialTitle : $root.seo.pageTitle | translate | stripHtml }}|website=www.nowness.asia}}, AnOther, and Creative Review. 
Outside of Andrew's personal work, he has photographed editorially for magazines like Atmos., The New Yorker, L'Officiel, Paper Magazine, and Metal Magazine; his commercial clientele include Beats by Dre, Glossier, among others
==Awards==
===2023===
LensCulture - Critics Choice Award: Winner
Der Greif - Guest Room, Bindi Vora: Selected Artist; Guest Room, Marina Paulenka: Selected Artist
AI-AP - American Photography 39: CHOSEN Winner
===2022=== 
PhotoVogue - The 100 Next Great Fashion Image Makers: Selected Artist
LensCulture - Summer Open: Top 20 Winner
Photolucida - Critical Mass: Top 50 Winner
Maine Media - Arnold Newman Prize: Top 3 Finalist
The One Club for Creativity - COLORFUL: Winner
Communication Arts - Photography Annual: Winner
===2021===
The One Club for Creativity - Young Guns 19: Finalist
Adobe - Creative Residency Community Fund: Recipient
Adobe - Rising Stars of Photography: Selected Artist
==Exhibitions==
===Group===
LensCulture New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Somerset House, London, UK, May 10-14 2023
Imminent Existence - Critical Mass Top 50, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, March 30 - June 4, 2023
Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, October 2022
==Artist Talks==
Griffin Museum of Photography: Arnold Newman Prize Winners
ABC News Live: Racism’s Impact on Asian American Men
Domestika: Narrative Photography - Tell A Community’s Story
Skillshare: Narrative Photography - Tell A Captivating Story Through Your Images
Category:1991 births
Category:People from San Francisco, California
Category:American people
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:Photographers