I have been lucky enough to work in photography for nearly 25 years.
LONDON
I was the picture editor of the London Evening Standard website when it first went live in 1997. London soon became my passion. And in 2001 I founded the Londonstills Picture Library supplying images of contemporary London for editorial, commercial and creative use worldwide. In 2007 I founded Londonstills Photo Art (now rickyleaver.com) to make a very small selection of my work available as photo fine art - the pictures you see today on this website. My cityscapes capture London as a colourful, throbbing, metropolis, ever changing, while still retaining its timeless quality.
ENGLAND & BEYOND
I am a country boy at heart, brought up in the Essex marshlands. Since 2014 I have been venturing out of the Big Smoke into The Sticks. I want to capture the British Isles as a wild and remote island. Beautiful, rugged, dramatic, even savage. The perfect antidote to my London work.
THE ART
My sole aim is to create beautiful works of art that will last for ever and be treasured. Each piece is a signed limited edition. It is printed, mounted and framed using the highest possible production values to create the perfect artwork for you.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Winter Exhibition, Putney
2023 Hill Rise pop up, Richmond
2022 Lavender Hill pop up, Battersea
2022 Art in the Park in Wandsworth Park, Wandsworth Artists Fringe
2021 Winter Exhibition, Putney
2020 ING Discerning Eye exhibition (online)
2020 Front Garden Art exhibition (Lockdown special), Putney
2019 Christmas Pop Up Shop on Webb's Road, Battersea
2019 ING Discerning Eye exhibition at Mall Galleries, St James's
2019 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2019 Front Garden Art exhibition, Putney
2019 Members’ Summer exhibition at London Print Studio, Kensal Town
2019 Flow Photo 2019 exhibition at the National Waterways Museums at Ellesmore Port and Gloucester
2019 Town and Country exhibition at Tried and True, Putney
2018 Our Nature exhibition at Old Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey
2017 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2017 Members’ Summer exhibition at London Print Studio, Kensal Town
2017 We Built This City exhibition at Tried and True, Putney
2016 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2016 Liquid Assets exhibition at Tried and True, Putney
2015 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2015 Members’ Summer exhibition at London Print Studio, Kensal Town
2015 Local Heroes exhibition at Tried and True, Putney
2014 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2013 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
2012 Wandsworth Artists’ Open House, Putney
COMMISSIONS
I have worked on quite a few commissions recently, working as far as field as Majorca, Norfolk and Essex. And I would love to do more! Please get in touch if you need help with a special photographic project.
Enjoy the site.
Yours
Ricky Leaver