Bio

Andrew Kochanowski is a photographer based outside Detroit, USA. Since 2007 his work has appeared in both solo and group exhibits in Detroit, London, Paris, Warsaw, Berlin, New York, Brighton (U.K), Cardiff, Milan, San Francisco and elsewhere, at venues such as the London Street Photography Festival, Brighton Bianale, SF StreetFoto Festival, Street Photo Milano, Miami Street Photography Festival, Paris Photo Month, and European Month of Photography in Berlin. His essays, images, or interviews have been published in numerous print and web publications including Leica Blog, Metropolitan Detroit, Dodho, The Online Photographer, Anatomy, Eyeshot Magazine, and others. He has published essays and editorial work on professional boxing. Prior to devoting most of his time to candid photography, he shot various assignments for an international news agency. He is a founding member of Burn My Eye, an international photography collective operating since 2011. He has led workshops on street photography in the US and abroad and is a frequent judge at international street photography competitions.

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People in front of monster trucks are a staple of my photography. #burnmyeye #streetsense #streetleaks #streetzim #eyeshotmag #hcsc_street #monstertruck #americana
Detroit, 2007. I can't pass up a good hot dog. #burnmyeye #detroit #streetsense #streetzim #streetleaks #hotdog #hotdogs
I found a new Flash Corner near the WTC Memorial site in 2011. The new building was going up northwest of what was going to become the permanent 9/11 Memorial. It had not yet been completed but the early afternoon sun lit up an area like a movie set.
Way back when around 2007, a block east of Union Square in San Francisco was known to some of us as Flash Corner. From late afternoon to when the western sun dropped, you could shoot both ways up and down the east-west streets around the square. It w
Part 4 of my old boxing series. More knockouts, ring girls and drama. #burnmyeye #boxing #detroitboxing #kronkgym #streetleaks #streetzim #documentary #boxingdocumentary #dodhomagazine #eyeshotmag
Third batch of my old boxing project. If the lead image looks like an outtake from a B-movie, it's deliberate. #burnmyeye #boxing #detroit #kochanowski #kronkgym
Part two of the boxing blast from my past. See previous post. Virtually all of these were done using film, but I shot some matches with a Canon D20. Surprisingly enough the files from that camera look pretty good even today. #Burnmyeye #boxing #pro
Back about 15-20 years ago I did a book length project that didn't turn out to be a book, professional boxing around Detroit. Back then, Kronk Gym may have been one of the most famous boxing gyms in the country. Tommy Hearns was still fighting. But I
Michigan 2022 #burnmyeye #barbieproject #streetphotography #HCSP #ihatestreetphotography
NY Going through some old projects #burnmyeye #miamistreetphotographyfestival #ihatestreetphotography #streetphotographersmagazine #nyspc #kochamowski
NY #burnmyeye #newyorkstreets #streetzim #damn #miamistreetphotographyfestival #streetphotographersmagazine