Andy Lin is an American esports player of

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and professional photographer based in New York City.

The Self-Portrait Project

In 2009, Lin founded The Self-Portrait Project (SPP), a photo-based, interactive archive project. Most notably, Lin has taken SPP to

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to promote advocacy and awareness of the nation's ongoing housing crisis. According to Lin, the self-portrait mechanism in SPP is influenced by the belief that decisions are best made by the people directly affected by them.

Photography

Andy Lin is a social change photographer. In 2007 Lin co-founded Other Worlds, a non-profit that disseminated images and information about alternative economies and social movements around the world, with Gustavo Castro Soto and Beverly Bell. He also served as a photo editor for the street art quarterly founded by IO Wright, Overspray Magazine. As a travel photographer, he published photos in

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, including a prize-winner in 2005. In 2006, he documented the Zapatista movement in

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for

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, titled "Zapatista Dreams."

Big Buck Hunter

Nicknamed “The Big Buck Ninja,” Andy Lin is a veteran player of the competitive arcade game

. His nickname derives from his calm game-play and longevity in the sport. Lin is the only player to have competed at every World Championship since the inaugural tournament in 2008, except for in 2011, due to a

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related mishap. In 2010, he beat high profile Buck Hunter

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and placed a career-high 5th in both Big Buck Hunter Pro and Big Buck Safari. He placed 21st at the 2019 World Championship in Las Vegas, where he also debuted a custom installation of his Self-Portrait Project, fashioned out of an old Big Buck game unit.

References

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