An electrician is hoping to become a full-time landscape photographer after opening his first exhibition on Teesside.
Graham Ward, 40, has worked in the steel industry for 22 years, but is hoping to become a full-time landscape photographer after turning professional last year.
He left the mothballed Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar this year and has moved to work at the Corus steel mill in Skinningrove.
Graham, who lives in Guisborough, has been given funding by the UK Steel Enterprise, the Tata Steel subsidiary that supports new and growing businesses
The first major exhibition of his work has now opened at the Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar.
Graham has been a keen landscape photographer since he was 14.
He said: "I never really believed I would have a chance to make a living out of my passion for photography.
"I'm not quite at that stage yet but I'm certainly one step closer."
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