"I went from taking pictures for aesthetic value to taking pictures with a purpose and meaning behind them."
Andy Yates is a socially engaged photographer and creative producer. While working at the bank, he enrolled to study Photography, made a project project exploring his local community, and after an internship with Open Eye Gallery developed a young persons and schools programme at the gallery. In this edition of Tracks Andy tells about his creative journey.
Tracks is a series of case-study-style publications looking at the professional and personal development of an individual.
Published by Open Eye Gallery, Tracks considers where an individual and the gallery have intersected or continue to intersect; a record of shared values, learning and impact.
Tracks 02 features Andy Yates.