Andres Hernandez

BIOGRAPHY:

Andres Hernandez was born in Medellin, Colombia August 6 1977. The earlier years of his life were spent growing up in Copacabana, Colombia where he took an early interest in the visual arts.

At the age six Andres took his first painting class where he began exhibiting his natural gifts as an artist. His curiosity for photography enveloped in his childhood home beginning with a fascination for his father’s camera. Intrigued by the camera, Andres as a young boy used to sneak out his fathers camera to explore the medium and take pictures of the outside world. His photo escapade ended early when he discovered one day his father’s camera had been stolen from his bag at school. Fearing his father’s reaction, he harbored the news for almost a whole year, which consequently put a temporary hold on his new founded passion.

Andres devotion for photography continued to further in to college, where he graduated top of his class at the Art Institute of Medellin with a BA in Advertising. Upon completion of his degree in the arts, Andres took a new turn in his life and moved to the United States where he began his career working as a Graphic Web Designer in commercial photography.

Working between Washington DC and Miami Andres began developing an excellent reputation for not only his outstanding photo retouching and design skills but also more widely for his personal style and talents as a photographer.

Today Andres resides in South Beach and continuous to pursue his dreams as he becomes steadily more recognized as one of the most rapidly growing leaders in Commercial and Fashion Photography in Miami Beach. His Photography has been featured in art exhibitions, billboards, and magazines in both the US and Latin America.