Martin Masai Andersen (born 1972) is a Danish photographer, art director and designer, based in South London. 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

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, Lush and Iceage. His animation work has won a

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and been shown in group exhibitions at

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and at SeaCity Museum in Southampton.

Life and work

Andersen grew up in Denmark and moved to London in 1993. He earned a BA in visual communication design from Ravensbourne University London (1993–1996) and a MA in graphic design from the

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in London (1996–1998). Since 2000, in partnership with his sister Line Andersen, he has been creative director at Andersen M Studio in London 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, " Blind Spot" by Lush, " Wait in the Car" by

, and "12:36" by Lowly. His

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series and book, ''Can't Smile Without You,'' is about fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. It was made between 2013 and 2017 "on the streets and in the pubs before and after" the team's

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matches. 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." His documentary photography series ''Dog Shows'', made between 2004 and 2019, is about international dog shows in North America and Europe. Andersen is an associate lecturer on "art direction and graphic design concepts" on the BA Fashion Communication course at

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, School of Fashion, London (2000–); senior lecturer at the University of Brighton School of Art; and module leader at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (2017–).

Publications

Publications by Andersen

*''Can't Smile Without You.'' London: Andersen M Studio, 2019. . With a foreword by Joe Kerr and an interview with Andersen by Felix Petty.

Publications with contributions by Andersen

*''Visceral Pleasures. UK: Booth-Clibborn, 2000.'' Rick Poynor, Vaughan Oliver. . *''Intro, Sampler2: Art, Pop & Contemporary Music Graphics.'' UK: Laurence King, 2000. . *''The New Handmade Graphics: Beyond Digital Design.'' UK: Rotovision, 2003. Hannah Ford, Anne Odling-Smee. . *''All Messed Up.'' UK: Laurence King, 2003. Anna Gerber. . *''Swinging London – Graphisme & Music Aujourd'hui.'' France: Centre Du Graphisme, 2004. Michel Bouvet. . *''1000 Supreme CD Designs.'' Spain: Maomao, 2008. Estel Vilaseca. . *''1000 Music Graphics.'' USA: Rockport, 2008. Clif Stoltze. . *''Small Studios.'' Berlin: Hesign, 2009. Jianping He. . *''Bookworm.'' Berlin: Hesign, 2010. Jianping He. . *''Papercraft 2: Design and Art with Paper.'' Germany: Gestalten, 2011. R. Klanten, B. Meyer. . *''Book Art:Iconic Sculptures and Installations Made From Books.'' Germany: Gestalten, 2011. . *''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. . *''The First Cut: Paper at the Cutting Edge.'' Manchester:

, 2012. . Exhibition catalogue. *''Papercut.'' USA: Rockport, 2014. Owen Gildersleeve. .

Group exhibitions

*''The First Cut,''

, Manchester, 2012/2013; Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2013; SeaCity Museum, Southampton, 2014.

Music videos

*"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

(2017) – by Andersen and Chris Bigg *"12:36" by Lowly (2019) – directed and filmed by Andersen

Awards

*''Going West'' video animations, winner, Clio Awards in Animation category, Technique entry, Television/Cinema/Digital medium

References

External links

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"Martin Andersen's charged and emotional photographs of diehard Tottenham Hotspur football fans"
by Katy Cowan at ''Creative Boom'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Martin Masai 21st-century Danish photographers Danish photographers Danish art directors Danish designers Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 1972 births Danish music video directors Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of Ravensbourne University London Academics of Central Saint Martins Academics of the University of Brighton