andrew lambdin moore, born march 26, 1957, grew up in old greenwich, connecticut. his father sydney hart moore, was a commercial architect, and his mother patricia lambdin moore, was an editor at the new york graphic society, a fine art publisher. moore’s parents supported his early interest in photography; his father built him an attic darkroom and his mother introduced him to the works of peter beard, whose book, "eyelids of the morning", a study of nile crocodiles on lake rudolf, was being published by nygs. beard learned of moore’s interest in photography and signed two prints to him from this series. moore is related to the victorian era artists george cochran lambdin, known for his paintings of flowers, and alfred a. hart, an official photographer for the central pacific railroad, who documented the construction of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad.