Angus McIntosh, Ennis McIntosh

McIntosh grew up in Australia, in a family of woodworkers. His grandfather is a master carpenter—“To this day, he’s still a better carpenter than I’ll ever be”—and Angus, himself, began the process to become a licensed carpenter when he was just in high school. “I got a job with a large construction firm and rose through the ranks pretty quickly,” he says. “I went from a carpenter to a foreman. I was the youngest guy in the company at the time and in line for another promotion.” Then New York came barging into his life. ●

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Full story available in Faculty Department Vol. 1.

Photographed in 2014 – Brooklyn, NY