Life Love and Chocolate
| Name | Andy Greaves |
| Age | I was born in 1962 |
| Where ? | Chesterfield, England |
| Earliest Memories ? | Washing my shirt in the grate. Watch with Mother. Well you see Nana there was this doughnut. Laurel and Hardy, Marx Brothers films.................................................................... Will Hay films "the next train's gone !" |
| Reasons to be Cheerful ? | Oh yes plenty, I'm very lucky !! |
| Photography ? | My Mum bought me an Olympus om10 for my 18th birthday and i've been taking photographs ever since. |
| Why ? | I feel the need to. To capture memories, to create, to interpret, to understand, to express. Is it a dream ? Rise to the occasion !! A spiritual quest. Darling it's a life of suprises ! |
| Photographic Influences ? | Diane Arbus, Don McCullin, Arthur Fellig aka Weegee, Cartier Bresson, Eve Arnold, Robert Capa, W Eugene Smith, Ralph Gibson,Robert Doisneau, Robert Mapplethorpe and special thanks to Clive Egginton in Sheffield, his website www.iwishihadlistenedtomymother.com |
| Other influences ? | So very many |
| Ambition ? | I always wanted to be a good man in a storm !! |
| Laughter ? | Laughter is a great tonic. It should be taken daily whenver possible. A person who can make people laugh has a most wonderful gift. They should be revered. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. |
| Art ? | Art is about action and reaction |
| Start Point Lighthouse ? | Every Time |
| Anything else Greavsie ? | My wife and I run a lot. |
| Favourite Words ? | Imagination, Compassion, Humility, Laughter, Chocolate |