At nineteen, Andy embarked on a university path in
Business Studies, but his journey took a dramatic turn just a week before
Christmas in 1991. As a passenger in a serious car crash, he sustained multiple
injuries, including head trauma that resulted in double vision and narcolepsy.
Recovery was a long, ten-year process, but gradually, he overcame these
challenges.

During this time of medical examinations and the prospect
of corrective surgery, Andy rediscovered his childhood love for photography.
Seeking solace and purpose, he chose to pursue it as a career.

In 1993, realizing he lacked formal artistic
qualifications, he began building a portfolio. With the support of inspiring
teachers, he secured a place on an art foundation course at Stafford College,
which ultimately led him to a degree in Fine Art (Photography) at Staffordshire
University.

Photography became a lifeline through the dark days
following the accident. His head trauma and double vision heightened his
awareness of vision itself—an essential sense that could no longer be taken for
granted. Monthly eye examinations, though daunting, sparked a fascination with
perception and led to a lifelong obsession with ways of seeing.

Andy’s work has always reflected his surroundings. After
college, he spent twenty years in London as a commercial photographer,
primarily focusing on the built environment. However, after moving to Dorset in
2017, his perspective shifted. His work now embraces the natural world,
influenced by his earlier experiences of medical examinations—where tracking
minuscule changes in his eyesight taught him to challenge and redefine what he
saw.

Having been through a long process of healing and recovery, Andy has found solace in Nature. This has led him to explore numerous technics and methods practised by different cultures which explore and promote healing. Echoing the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku—or forest bathing—Leaf Morphology brings nature indoors, fostering a connection between living spaces and the organic world, celebrating the joy of seeing and the positive emotion experienced by the emergence of the first ‘green shoots of spring’.

His latest project, Leaf
Morphology, is a series of large-scale, magnified photographic studies of
leaves and their beautifully delicate structures, which facilitate the process
of photosynthesis. Using advanced digital techniques—macro image stacking and
photo-merging—Andy meticulously captures the intricate details of each leaf,
blending multiple images taken from varying perspectives to construct a highly
detailed final composition. Inspired by floral illustrative plates popular
since the early 18th century, Leaf
Morphology combines
historical aesthetics with cutting-edge technology to reveal the complexity of
the plant’s role in the Global Carbon Cycle.

Through his unique approach to everyday objects and landscapes, Andy has forged a distinctive perspective—his own "new way of seeing."

This series has gained widespread recognition, with select
prints exhibited at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography (2024 Urtica Dioica) and
the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition 2025 (Fagus Sylvatica &
Juglans Regia).