The American Festivals Project, partially funded by a National Geographic Young Explorer’s Grant, is led by photographers Ross McDermott and Andrew Owen.
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Ross McDermott
www.surfacebelow.com
Ross received an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. Upon graduating, he has worked as a freelance photographer, taking him around the world and extensively throughout the United States. Ross is a recipient of a National Geographic Young Explorers grant. After driving 40,000 miles around America, Ross is happy to call Charlottesville, Virignia his home.
Andrew Owen
Andrew Owen is both a photographer and the Managing Director of LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. That means when he’s not photographing festivals, he’s running a festival about photographs. A native of Charlottesville, Andrew still resides in his hometown.
