Hello all! My name is Andy, and I am currently living in Fairbanks, Alaska. I am a philosophy of science major here at UAF and a photographer with an interest in northern lights. Before moving throughout the north, I grew up in Binghamton, New York, about three hours north of New York City. After high school, I started spending a lot of time in northern countries, working for places to live and taking pictures of the auroras. I spent a little time in Iceland and then a few years in Canada before finally finding a place to call home in Alaska. I started my UAF life studying physics and math, which led me toward the natural sciences and philosophy path. As you can imagine, my most significant connection to art is through photography. I absolutely love building and testing cameras, which led me to take pictures more seriously. The technical side of cameras and attempting to build cameras that are good, particularly in low light, captured my interest, which brought me int