Chris McAndrew (born 1 February 1974[1][2]) is a British photographer, known for celebrity portraits including Snoop Dogg and Charlotte Rampling.
In 2017 he was commissioned to develop a collection of freely-licensed images of Parliament for the Parliamentary Digital Service, including a set of official portraits of MPs and peers.
[3] McAndrew grew up in West Yorkshire's Rhubarb Triangle, and took his first photographs with a second-hand Minolta X-500 at the age of 10.
[4] The plan had been to take photographs of MPs after work in three other categories: "modernity and tradition", "the people that make the palace" and "public engagement".
[5] Carrie Barclay, who led the project, said:[6] Chris's distinctive style and ability to put people immediately at ease meant we could capture a raw, but sophisticated, image that showed MPs as relatable people.The images are available for reuse under a Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0 Unported" licence.