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Jardin de Luxembourg 1987

Andy Craggs's Parisian photographs are a retrospective of the last 20 years of visits and living in the French capital, and is a tribute to his greatest influence, the recently deceased Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Andy has been a photographer for over 15 years. His work focuses on documenting remote cultures and cultural heritage around the world, and his recent work includes photographic series on the people and traditions of China, Tibet and Nepal, as well as taking a new look at cultural heritage sites such as Paris, Rome and Venice.

Andy is currently involved in the promotion of young artists, photographing portraits, events and collaboration projects with young talented performers in the UK and Europe in the areas of period music, modern dance and fashion.

Gendarmes, 1989

An internationalist, growing up around the world, Andy is passionate about culture, the arts and education. His photography aims to add something to civilisation through powerful images that document and celebrate people and their achievements.

Trocadero, 1987

www.andycraggs.com

Comment : ''What the heck, we ALL wanted to be like HCB! Which young aspiring photographer wouldn't, after having seen his early works on the people of Paris and his Europeans series. This much admired and often copied genius has indeed influenced a great many artists, and unashamedly, I am one of them.

Andy and I got together in late June and decided to put together a show, having discovered that we both possessed a decent body of work on Paris, my favourite city. What we also discovered was that we both trekked the same streets of Paris, camera-in-hand stalking for photo-moments, like a bird of prey.

Seeing how similar our work was, we instantly recognised the 'HCB-esque' influence we both had and it became clear that despite growing up in different parts of the world, we are both akin to the same visual vocabulary that has been derived from the master's images. Merci Beaucoup, Mr Cartier-Bresson!''

Pont D'Alma 1999

Girl at the Bar, Montmatre 2001

Eiffel guards 2001

Steven is London based and primarily a portrait photographer but trained as a photojournalist, and has delved in what he calls Travel Fine Art photography over the last 7 years.

In 2000, he published his first book titled 'Outside Looking In - Kuala Lumpur' a personal documentation of a city fast-changing. He has also successfully photographed fashion and editorial images for commercial clients.

Contact email : svllee@aol.com www.stevenleephotography.com