EYES ON THE TOUR DE FRANCE

GRAHAM WATSON
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

County Hall Gallery, London SE1
- 1 - 9 July 2007
- Entry Free
- The TDF exhibition is open 10am - 5.30pm.

World No. 1 Cycle Racing Photographer Graham Watson helps Welcome Tour de France to London with 30 Year Exhibition!

Graham Watson was born in London in 1956 and took his first steps in photography in 1972, working as an assistant to a London society photographer whose clients included British aristocracy and foreign royal families.

Commuting to and from London each day by bicycle drew Watson’s attention to the sport of cycle racing and, eventually, to see the Tour de France in Paris in 1977.  Smitten by this sighting of ‘Le Tour’, Watson focussed all his energies on photographing what he considered to be a ‘beautiful’ sport – to the point, in the early 1980s, where he was a regular feature at European races, and soon gained access to the inner-sanctum of cycling photographers – a largely Belgian/French/Italian clan.

Now, three decades later, Graham Watson, known and admired the world over, will celebrate the London Grand Départ of the 2007 Tour de France with an exhibition of his finest Tour de France imagery from the past 30 years. The Eyes On The Tour de France Photographic Exhibition will be held from July 1-9 at County Hall Gallery in London’s vibrant South Bank, next to the London Eye overlooking the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben.

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- For further information on the Eyes on the Tour de France Photographic Exhibition by Graham Watson please contact: ann@shadetreesports.com

Over 150 Archival Lambda Photographs will be on display and visitors will have the opportunity to purchase photographs.

Sponsored by Oakley

"Oakley could not be more excited to be part of this incredible event. Graham has become as Iconic in the sport of professional cycling as the riders he photographs. Every year we wait in anticipation to witness the beauty and emotions of the Tour De France that only he can capture through the lens of his camera."

Scott Bowers: Vice President of Worldwide Marketing