Top Port photographer’s work showcased across region

1st April 2021

A renowned Southport photographer has been given a sure sign of continued success after his work was displayed for all to see on huge roadside billboards.

The promotional work of photographer Matthew Rycraft, the resort’s top wedding and event photographer, is being carried on billboards across the North West as part of a promotion for a new BBC documentary on Amir Khan.

The boards display the stunning shots from Rycraft, who was asked to shoot took publicity pictures of boxing world champion Amir Khan and his influencer wife Faryal Makhdoom.

The new BBC series, entitled Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton, is set to follow the pair as they juggle a family, a relationship and career pressures.

Matt Rycraft said: “They wanted a local photographer from the North West to photograph the couple.

“The creative team researched local photographers to come across and work with them and they wanted someone who could manage a studio style shoot, which is exactly what I do at weddings and at Rycraft Studios.

“It was a very well managed BBC production.

“The whole BBC creative team were on location, from clothing stylists to props, make up team, art director, BBC photography producer, creative director and the project producer.

“The shoot was live streamed there to various rooms so each team could access each image that was being taken.”