Scott Andrews, 69, passed away suddenly on August 27, 2024. He was born on September 30, 1954 in Arlington, Virginia, the son of Leonard and Bernadine Andrews.

Left to cherish his memory are his son, Philip, and daughter-in-law, Eileen, his extended family, and a vast community of photographers, colleagues, and friends. His wife of 45 years, Martha, preceded him in death on August 25th.

Scott had an adventurous spirit that drove his personal and professional lives. From rebuilding a Volkswagen Beetle found in a junkyard with a tree growing out of it, to family vacations in the remote Canadian wilderness, to ambitious gardening projects with Martha, to 36-hour stretches working to document the Space Shuttle program, he sought to push the boundaries of what was possible with an exuberant curiosity.

Scott earned degrees at Virginia Tech, where he met Martha, and at George Mason. After briefly pursuing a career in academia tracking the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition through river erosion across the west, he made passion his profession when he took a job as a Nikon camera representative. This was the beginning of a long and well-respected career in photography for Nikon, Canon, and the NRO.

His tireless work ethic and commitment to his craft is only surpassed by his kindness and generosity. Scott pioneered a remote trigger technology that made it possible to capture images of spacecraft launches from impossibly close. A testament to his giving spirit, Scott relished the opportunity to share the solutions he created with others, collaborating with other photographers, NASA representatives, and documentarians. His work took him from presidential inaugurations to Olympic games to spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida and Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Scott, along with Bill Ingalls, was one of the first U.S. photographers to witness the Russian Space Program in 1995. At the end of his career, Scott supported the U.S. Intelligence Community. His work directly contributed to the safety of U.S. soldiers abroad, and his contribution to this mission was one of his proudest achievements.

Scott was a young hearted, gregarious storyteller. He lived a big life, full of energy and excitement to share a new recipe, a plant cutting, a great book or film, a journey to a far-off and hard-to-reach travel destination, or a cutting-edge piece of gear to fulfill a far-fetched yet somehow attainable goal. He will be deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Scott’s name to the Air Force Aid Society.