Austin Settle (b. 1980, San Jose, CA) is a Vienna-based visual artist specializing in expanded photography. Working exclusively with analog color transparencies, Settle physically manipulates the film's emulsion layers through techniques he has developed over fifteen years, creating works that exist between photography, painting, and sculpture. His process involves carving, burning, and reworking found slides and family photographs, which are then scanned at high resolution to reveal microscopic details invisible to the naked eye.

Settle holds a BA in Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions including Past:Present, curated by Esther Hladik at Frei.Haus, Vienna, and in site-specific commissions for the Diesel Flagship Store, Vienna and Hotel Lamee, Vienna. Recent group exhibitions include Establishing Connection at Vienna Art Week and Parallel Art Fair Vienna.

His work is held in the collections of BP Austria, Deloitte Austria, and Diesel (EU), as well as prominent private collections. Settle lives and works in Vienna.