Andy Summers | Passion or Profession?

Andy Summers | Passion or Profession?

[@ibassnote]

If I saw Andy Summers on the streets of NYC I'd thank him so much for all he has given to the enjoyment and even blueprint for my life.

[@dennisng4627]

1979. I was a senior in high school. A new English teacher who looks like a million $. She sensed our little curious minds. She does not need to work, but love to teach, said she. Mrs Brody also added that her husband is an executive at A&M records. He’s promoting a new band from England & would like for us to support this new band. She proceeded to pass out promotional stickers to each of us. “Support the Police”. Thus, our first glimpse into this amazing band. She was also an excellent teacher-she’d inspired me to become an avid reader of 📚. Interestingly, I ran into her at a supermarket 20 years later(still looking like a million $), I told her she’d a profound impact on me & appreciated her tutelage. She was touched. Thank you Andy for your passion for 🎸📸 & humanity. ✌🏼& 📸

[@JohnnyBeane]

Was awesome to see Andy discovering things to photograph in New York.

[@jimg9613]

So lovely...So lovely.....Andy, a hero for decades.

[@65alphonso]

Andy Summers! One of the greatest guitarists & great photographer! Love his humour ❤

[@hartmut-wv1lc]

A very pleasant, interesting personality without starry airs. Magnificent photos.

[@MobiusBandwidth]

the cinematography in this was really lovely. apt. I have Andy's 1st book of photos, Throb, autographed. met him twice. nice bloke. and one of the most important guitarists ever. probably the most influential guitarist of the 80s, I don't think anyone else deserves that title. EVH started in the late 70s to make his mark, once the Police broke, everyone was using a chorus pedal, and lush chords, and or reggae influence.

[@markominelab]

Andy's the real deal, not a celebrity with a camera, his photography is sublime, genuine and worthy of the recognition it receives.

[@yogamazing]

I was lucky to meet Andy when his tour came through Louisville, KY in the 90s. I was smart enough to bring my camera to get a picture with him and he signed my Telecaster pick guard.

[@ronmercer7766]

Beautiful player, a lovely soul.

[@martinlawrence8427]

Superb. Andy, clearly the coolest member of the Police, brilliant, humble and passionate!

[@BrianDeBolt]

So cool, he got to jam with Hendrix, who was playing bass of all things! Jimi kindle asked him if he could play some guitar now after like 20 min, lol.

[@CaesarDarias]

Loved it. As with the cowbell, I need more Andy Summers.

[@eddieholmes3236]

Saw Andy's concert in Sydney in September and it was fantastic. Mix of music, photos and other imagery and chat. Great stuff!

[@aerialfilm1]

After your 79 show at Disney in Florida, I begged my parents for a camera. They came through big that Christmas. Forty five some years on now with broadcast and film, I have little gold statues on the shelf and friends all over the globe. Your career helped start mine. I can’t say thank you enough.

[@angusorvid8840]

A great talent, and all-around well-rounded person.

[@hkraytai]

You have my utmost respect for still using the M9.

[@jcc2709]

Thank you Andy for all your music and creativity

[@FolkatKaatClove]

Andy, The Police are legendary and deservedly so, but my true love is your presence on "Love Is." Love that album. Way ahead of its time. A privilege to own and enjoy it when released and since on CD. Your photos are great. Thank you.

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

You're still out there taking pictures. Good on you, Police man. Godspeed.

[@dipakpatel-gz1gv]

What a talent. God bless you Andy.

[@garybrowser6885]

Love your photography - all the way back to Throb. Would love to hear more about your other photography influences following your mentioning Man Ray.

[@richprincipe749]

I love Andy and his passion for the guitar and photography!!!

[@DonHalli]

What a great film! Ive been a fan of Andy all my life!

[@FrankenstienArchive]

Loved this! ❤️. Thanks for the post. Andy’s photography is integral to the history of the police. Hoping to see a 50th anniversary exhibition in 2028 along with a 6 album anthology and hopefully new vintage film footage from Stewart. The 50th anniversary is incredibly important by which time fingers crossed Andy will finally have a much deserved credit for Every Breath You Take

[@larrykorell750]

Love ya man! Greatest guitar player and funniest sense of humor...You are talented in so many ways....please keep playing....taking photos...and making us laugh....saw you in Skokie Illinois when you were in...please keep touring and doing your thing..and say Hi to Dennis for me...he was kind enough to go back and forth with me many times in the days before your reunion tour...Dennis is a very kind individual and also has a great sense of humor! Larry

[@road4paul]

WOW WOW WOW .... what a great way to spend seven minutes. Wonderful insight into a humble genius!!!!!

[@Elements795]

That was brilliant….what a nice fella and a great enthusiast of photography🤜

[@nicolasmaurin182]

So great. Loved it. Please some more videos like this 🎉❤

[@funk8669]

Life is like a Boss Chorus CE-2, with one foot we reach out for the next dimension 😉🙏Shooting Stars never stop ❤🎉

[@danielcombs3207]

Photography is a fascinating hobby and for some fortunate people a terrific profession. The ability to capture a moment in time has always intrigued me.

[@JMe-f7i]

Much like the waves of sound acting on human emotion, the light, color and presentation of imagery on the optic nerves strikes at human emotion even more deeply.

[@MrStoutfool]

Cool as always!

[@Soulheads-yy3zq]

Brilliant.

[@brothereye]

Andy is undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians in human history. I’m intrigued to know if this video is part of a series exploring artists renowned for their exceptional skill in one area, who also happen to be passionate practitioners of another art form. Police. Forever.

[@trustinsynchronicity]

Andy does a pretty good American accent. I like his So Cal dialect in there too. Just the most soothing accents swirled together.

[@ue4058]

Got to see Andy's recent tour of photos + guitar riffs when he stopped in Seattle (technically: Kirkland). What a special evening, an amazing guitarist and his body of photo work over the years is stunning.

[@davemenard5089]

Isn’t all of Washington Seattle 😂

[@SubtractiveMoves]

A musical genius that he is......i would just love to sit with him and just listen to his humor.😊

[@MrJeremy9835]

My favorite album is still the Golden Wire from 1989 and I also own a huge book from Andy’s pictures in black and white and the Stewart Copeland’s amateur movies with the super 8 camera

[@CarloArmendarizStudios]

Right down my alley!

[@jefferysaddoris]

I remember meeting you and seeing your show across from Paris Photo in LA years ago. Terrific work.

[@brendan1522]

My absolute guitar hero ❤

[@Bothtapes]

Andy and Leica...nice one !!!

[@MrUndersolo]

I have two of your books, Andy, and your question is one that I ask myself every time I write...or pick up my guitar!

[@silkywellman9046]

His guitar playing is so unique and brilliant

[@christianscazzieri]

What a total hero.

[@emmanueltsI5]

Loved it🎉

[@gaetanofontanazza]

So inspiring! As usual

[@paulpiasecki]

Love the M9 from what I heard about that CCD sensor

[@translunar1]

Excellent video Andy 👍

[@robbie65nl]

Great perception !

[@javierduran2328]

Very Good Andy 👏👏👏👏

[@archiechoke23]

Very interesting..

[@cortical1]

Bravo, Andy.

[@charlene.elovitzChannelYT]

It's interesting how some artists, actors or musicians are creative in many ways! 🙂👍

[@vioricabudulan3453]

So beautiful video❤🤗😘

[@FrankenstienArchive]

One of these films every month by Andy would make 2025 incredibly special

[@jonnyhifi]

Terrific !

[@JudgeFredd]

Love this video

[@derekmalunow8962]

Andy RULES 🤘🏿

[@sergijareno7559]

Un buen músico y buen fotógrafo,este hombre vale un tesoro 😅para mí es uno de los 5 mejores guitarristas que hay en el mundo.lo vi con the police en Barcelona en el 2007.quede impresionado 😮❤

[@cigarmerchant2238]

Ahh LEICA... my second job out of high school was at Wallis Kamera Shop in Buckhead Georgia where the German owner Bill Wallis, about the time I started working there (in the darkroom), went exclusively Leica and thus got one of every new model made when they came out.

[@deco-edesiojairwittkowski8883]

Andy eternal genius

[@Edileneable]

Andy é pura sensibilidade!❤🙏

[@Varonno]

Tales from Bournemouth. Tales from Two Puddings in Statford, Newham and millions of selfies. You like the intense experience of the box which surrounds us all. People carry cameras everywhere nowadays. Option paralysis isn’t something you’re used to with a camera. The title reminds one of 10CC and a lyric Art for art’s sake, money for God’s sake. Always wondered when you first crossed paths with the young prodigy Graham Gouldman. Took ages to get used to the scents in NYC in the summer. Hello from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation 2006 watching since first time at The Commodore Ballroom

[@SadKondangGunarso]

The genius guitarist!

[@craigcompoliphotography1235]

Cool video.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🎶📸🎶

[@azwris]

I didn't know that Andy was a Man Ray fan although I'm not surprised at all. I always observed a lot of dada influences, in a lot of his photographs.

[@realityboost4405]

Good God!…Why are we even hesitating?!…Andy we're STILL here.

[@TimOestmann]

Andy's photographs show his love of people

[@MrJeremy9835]

Andy Summers was born on the same year than my mother and I admire him very much he’s so talented and cool except when he meets Henry Padovani 😂

[@anta40]

Some surrealistic images there. I think I can see some of Ralph Gibson's influence. BTW, the image on 2:27 is panoramic-ish. Not sure it it's taken with a Leica...

[@alkebulansan]

"chance comes to the prepared mind". Thanks Andy, I'm gonna nick that!

[@SonnyBurnett2012]

hey andy, you should do more videos like that!

[@genripper-b8q]

1972 classical guitar/composition grad at cal state northridge...that is my oddest bit of andy summers minutiae

[@trustinsynchronicity]

I like your wife Andy. You and her worked out the typical territorial emotions enough to be able to chat with buskers.

[@trustinsynchronicity]

Stewart's wife wouldn't allow that unless it's someone already rich and famous or some girl who is getting married and her future groom is with her.

[@zmix]

Nice piece..! (3:30 do you remember what I said to you and Ralph before I pressed the shutter?)

[@ledaros6383]

Cool...!

[@bleepbrady]

Obviously, Andy's guitar work will always be synonymous with The Police. It would be interesting to see his photography exhibited along side more of his solo work.

[@allenmathes8517]

Soft Machine, The Animals, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers…Andy played with them all! 🎉

[@kamelbaadi8706]

Bring on the night.

[@DAGDRUM53]

"How long can I do this? Well, forever, till they take me away."

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍 Andy

[@trustinsynchronicity]

I guess you had to go to NYC to avoid the temptation to take vintage photos of the Santa Monica coastline after the firestorm. No houses left, just fireproof brick chimneys and fireproof metal stairways to the sky, remain. Andy is a refreshing break from Stew and Sting. I wish he would do photography of that from his shoes.

[@PrincessStinkbug]

It would be really fun if you made memes from your photos and posted them as shorts. 😸😸

[@rjjen1696]

Very enjoyable thanks - were you an acquaintance of Lenny Breau

[@janenorth5757]

❤

[@5GFarms]

My life in a nutshell, photography, music and driving.

[@dedododedada926]

What comes first the picture or the melody?? 🧐

[@philphilison1623]

Cream of the crop here.

[@felixramirez6898]

[@MrJeremy9835]

I wish Andy Summers would have played in partnership composition with Rick Wakeman and Bill Brufford

[@mjlmarc]

You have to photo you album covers

[@davidoneill913]

A human dynamo 😊

[@paulpiasecki]

Is that an M10 ?

[@hkraytai]

It’s an M9

[@paulpiasecki]

@@hkraytai Looks like my M10, he's using live view when he shoots, the M9 doesn't have one.

[@hkraytai]

@ You are right! It’s an M10.

[@tommybass40]

Leica’s are the best, and in the right hands make magic, the Leica “glow”. Same with Fender Teles and Strats. The Leica M’s are pricey buggers, so I settled on a lesser Leica model but I love it and it does produce the “glow”, but not like the M’s.

[@bradc32]

35mm you never know what your going to get

[@realityboost4405]

Andy is 81 BTW…

[@mohomoho1]

The rule of thirds.

[@binkywarren21]

Andy's playing is very cool. New York is not.

[@foxyjazzbopper]

Superb🫡

[@outtathyme5679]

Finally found something Andy can’t do lol