Andrea Ellen Reed is a multimedia artist that specializes in still photography, film directing, and soundscapes. Her work seeks to advance the multifaceted narratives that make the vibrant and resilient African American community thrive. Andrea began shooting reportage during her undergraduate studies at Howard University.  She continued her artistic studies at the Academy of Art University where she received her MFA in Photography. Her unique vision for combining photographic stills and soundscapes in projects like The Streets Are Talkin’ blend a traditional medium with first person narratives that results in poignant and reflective exploration of the fight for racial equity. Andrea’s soulful storytelling is even more apparent in her film work as she delicately crafts narratives of which her subjects are the narrator. She creative directed and co-wrote the episodic web series STORIED for the Minnesota Historical Society that chronicled the histories of marginalized communities of which the subjects are the stewards of their own stories. STORIED chronicled various historic events from one of the oldest surviving Tuskegee Airmen’s start at Historic Ft. Snelling to African Americans in WWI to the rise of the American Indian Movement in Minnesota.Her work as a photographic and directoral artist has championed the voices of BIPOC people in publications and organizations like National Geographic, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Star Tribune, ESPN, NPR, the NCAA, the MN Historical Society, W Magazine, The United Way, Dove and more. Andrea’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been awarded with the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award for excellence in film. Her film work is also in the permanent collection at the South Bend Museum of Art.

Andrea Ellen Reed

Andrea Ellen Reed is a multimedia artist that specializes in still photography, film directing, and soundscapes. Her work seeks to advance the multifaceted narratives that make the vibrant and resilient African American community thrive. Andrea began shooting reportage during her undergraduate studies at Howard University.  She continued her artistic studies at the Academy of Art University where she received her MFA in Photography. Her unique vision for combining photographic stills and soundscapes in projects like The Streets Are Talkin’ blend a traditional medium with first person narratives that results in poignant and reflective exploration of the fight for racial equity. Andrea’s soulful storytelling is even more apparent in her film work as she delicately crafts narratives of which her subjects are the narrator. She creative directed and co-wrote the episodic web series STORIED for the Minnesota Historical Society that chronicled the histories of marginalized communities of which the subjects are the stewards of their own stories. STORIED chronicled various historic events from one of the oldest surviving Tuskegee Airmen’s start at Historic Ft. Snelling to African Americans in WWI to the rise of the American Indian Movement in Minnesota.Her work as a photographic and directoral artist has championed the voices of BIPOC people in publications and organizations like National Geographic, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Star Tribune, ESPN, NPR, the NCAA, the MN Historical Society, W Magazine, The United Way, Dove and more. Andrea’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been awarded with the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award for excellence in film. Her film work is also in the permanent collection at the South Bend Museum of Art.

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Andrea Ellen Reed is a multimedia artist that specializes in still photography, film directing, and soundscapes. Her work seeks to advance the multifaceted narratives that make the vibrant and resilient African American community thrive. Andrea began shooting reportage during her undergraduate studies at Howard University.  She continued her artistic studies at the Academy of Art University where she received her MFA in Photography. Her unique vision for combining photographic stills and soundscapes in projects like The Streets Are Talkin’ blend a traditional medium with first person narratives that results in poignant and reflective exploration of the fight for racial equity. Andrea’s soulful storytelling is even more apparent in her film work as she delicately crafts narratives of which her subjects are the narrator. She creative directed and co-wrote the episodic web series STORIED for the Minnesota Historical Society that chronicled the histories of marginalized communities of which the subjects are the stewards of their own stories. STORIED chronicled various historic events from one of the oldest surviving Tuskegee Airmen’s start at Historic Ft. Snelling to African Americans in WWI to the rise of the American Indian Movement in Minnesota.Her work as a photographic and directoral artist has championed the voices of BIPOC people in publications and organizations like National Geographic, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Star Tribune, ESPN, NPR, the NCAA, the MN Historical Society, W Magazine, The United Way, Dove and more. Andrea’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been awarded with the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award for excellence in film. Her film work is also in the permanent collection at the South Bend Museum of Art.

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Short Film
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Masters of Fine Arts at Academy of Art University
May 2, 2007 - May 2, 2003

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