Andrew Paynter

"It reminded me how important it is to sit back, blend in and observe, and I realised that was how I should take pictures. That was my gift."

Andrew Paynter is a photographer and director based in Oakland, California, who is interested in exploring character and the creative process - with a body of work that feels like it comes out of a sensitivity to the world - a deep social intelligence.

His clients include Coca-Cola, Adidas, Levi Strauss, Converse, Apple, American Express, The North Face, Rolling Stone, and W magazine.

He has also embarked on several long-term photographic collaborations including decade-long projects with Hiut Denim and artist Geoff McFetridge, long-standing work with Tortoise and The Mattson 2, and his ongoing personal series Working Artists.

Andrew's work appears in Do Purpose and Do Open, both by David Hieatt and published by Do Books.