About
Andrew Budziak is a Toronto-based photographer, director and host. He specializes in telling stories about our changing world and the people ensuring those changes are for the better. He is passionate about urban wildlife and loves photographing it. Andrew is the host of the digital travel, adventure and photography series Edge Of Frame.
Andrew is an emerging member of the International League Of Conservation Photographers.
Along with documenting our cities' animals, Andrew also engages in citizen science operations that use scuba diving as a means to support crucial research projects. As an avid ice diver, Andrew is currently leading a team of divers under the ice of Canada's lakes to help us better understand what an ice-less future will mean for the world's major sources of fresh water.
Working equally in video and photography, Andrew aims to use these mediums to drive conservation efforts and share stories about our awesome and weird world.
Andrew’s photography has appeared in Canadian Geographic, BESIDE Magazine, BBC, CBC, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and the Daily Mail.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
Listed as one of Canadian Geographic’s 2021 Wildlife Photographers of the Year
Named the Royal Ontario Museum’s 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Received a Daytime Emmy nomination for his work on the Eater series Mise En Place
MEDIA
BBC - The art of a great urban wildlife photo
Canadian Geographic - Announcing the winners of the 2021 Canadian Photos of the Year competition
BlogTO - 35-Year-Old photographer captures all of the mammals that call Toronto home
CP24 - Urban photographer on a mission to document every mammal that calls Toronto home