About

My name is Andrew Higley and I’m a photographer and musician.

I’m currently the Multimedia Manager at Luminaut, an architecture and interior design firm with offices in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. My education is in photography. I’ve got a BFA from DAAP at the University of Cincinnati, where I subsequently worked for a cumulative 17 years, first as a photojournalist and eventually as Associate Director of Marketing and Brand. For my last 5 years, I was the sole staff photographer in central marketing and communications at UC, an R1 university with an enrollment of 52,000+. While I currently specialize in architectural photography, I’ve photographed a wide range of subjects in a wide variety of places: atop construction cranes, inside helicopters, on the court at NCAA tournaments; from crouched under the guardrail on the track of the Kentucky Derby to shooting in scrubs in the OR.

I’m also a Digital Asset Management (DAM) administrator, having implemented and managed UC’s DAM and now Luminaut’s. In part because of this aspect of my work, I decided to pursue a Masters Degree in Information Technology, which I earned from UC in 2020. Much of my student work focused on interactive e-book design for learning environments, and I’m currently developing an interactive e-book about playing the piano.

My great-grandmother played piano for the silent films, and my grandmother was the local piano teacher in a small town in Texas for many years. I’ve played most of my life, and while I studied and love classical music, I’ve played in various blues and rock bands since junior high. I spent my high school and early college years playing local gigs in Delaware with members of the Destroyers. In 2007, when Brendan Benson asked me to play on his record, I took a break from my career as a photographer to pursue a career in music. After working with Brendan, I was hired by Ben Folds. I played keyboards and French horn with Ben from 2008-2015. Thanks to Ben, I’ve performed on 4 continents and 3 late night tv shows with some of the best musicians and crew members in the world. (Thanks, Ben.)

Now I work at Luminaut, where I take photos and make videos about architecture and interior design projects, manage a DAM, and help with general IT stuff. Please check out my work and get in touch if you’d like to chat.