My name is Andy Boenau. I use cameras, keyboards, and microphones to create propagandart to save the human race.
prä-pə-ˈgan-därt (noun): ideas, allegations, and aesthetic objects produced with the conscious use of skill and creative imagination, spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause
Let’s say you want to create happier, healthier communities. Walk-friendly, bicycle-friendly places draw out the most smiles per square mile. My goal is to increase the smile density in communities like yours and mine. We’ll only reach that goal through persuasive storytelling.
I’ve won awards for photography, filmmaking, writing, and podcasting. The best part is I’m unqualified for any of that. You and I don’t need fancy degrees or special permission to create motivating stories.
When I’m not making up true stories about the world around me, I’m teaching others how.
Books
The Model Photographer (2023)
Corona Coupling (2020)
Flirtable City (2018)
Dress Like an Architect, Think Like an Anarchist (2016)
Zines
PDA (2023) – 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06
Strangers (2017)
Always Talk to Strangers (2016)
Podcasts
Urbanism Speakeasy (2014 – present)
How We Get Around (2020)
Short Films
War on Congestion (2016)
Streetsploitation! (2015)
Walk Lobby TV (2015)
Walk Don’t Walk (2014)