Andrew J. Boyd a resident of Bradenton, Florida was born in Cleveland, Ohio, studied under Eastman Kodak Company for lighting, film manufacture and development. He started a career in photography in the early 1950's doing commercial and advertising photography for Cleveland and New York agencies. He was one of the first photographers in the Cleveland area to present full-color commercial work. He has won numerous photographic and art show awards throughout his career. Travel for companies has taken him to Europe, Japan, Brazil and throughout the United States. Taking a long break from photography he worked an an engineer before returning to photojournalistic work for several magazines.