Martin Masai Andersen (born 1972) is a Danish photographer, art director and designer, based in South London. [1] 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 The Breeders, Lush and Iceage. His animation work has won a Clio Award and been shown in group exhibitions at Manchester Art Gallery and at SeaCity Museum in Southampton.
Andersen grew up in Denmark and moved to London in 1993. [2] He earned a BA in visual communication design from Ravensbourne University London (1993–1996) and a MA in graphic design from the Royal College of Art in London (1996–1998). [3] [4]
Since 2000, in partnership with his sister Line Andersen, he has been creative director at Andersen M Studio in London [3] 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, [5] [6] "Blind Spot" by Lush, [7] "Wait in the Car" by The Breeders, [8] [9] [10] and "12:36" by Lowly. [11] [12]
His documentary photography series and book, Can't Smile Without You, is about fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. [13] [14] [15] It was made between 2013 and 2017 "on the streets and in the pubs before and after" the team's football matches. [2] 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." [14] His documentary photography series Dog Shows, made between 2004 and 2019, is about international dog shows in North America and Europe. [16] [17]
Andersen is an associate lecturer on "art direction and graphic design concepts" on the BA Fashion Communication course at Central Saint Martins, School of Fashion, London [18] (2000– [3] ); senior lecturer at the University of Brighton School of Art; [3] and module leader at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts [19] (2017– [3] ).