This Sporting Life – Gerry Cranham

This Sporting Life is a photobook of the work of pioneering sports photographer Gerry Cranham, who died recently.

This must-buy tome has been put together by Mark Leech and Doug Cheeseman with the book bringing together Gerry's incredible archive of sporting images primarily from the 1960s and 1970s.

If you love sport, or photography, or just have a fondness for imagery from these eras, you will love this book.

Mark Leech began work as a sports photographer in 1974, formed Offside Sports Photography in 2001, then added the Gerry Cranham archive in 2007. Doug Cheeseman is a graphic designer who has worked in sports publishing for 30 years

The pair say: "We have long been massive fans of Gerry's photography and believe his work has not received the recognition it truly deserves.

"We hope This Sporting Life will redress that and we are delighted to have had Gerry's blessing for the project.

"The book will include his personal recollections - from photographing a Muhammad Ali world title fight in Las Vegas to cyclo-cross in the snow in Harlow."

This Sporting Life brings together the work of legendary sports photographer Gerry Cranham in a stunning 320-page hardback book.

Gerry Cranham was a both a master and pioneer of photography and This Sporting Life draws on his images of the 1960s and 1970s, two seismic decades of sport.

The book includes written contributions by The Times sports writer Henry Winter and acclaimed author Harry Pearson. 

It is compiled by Mark Leech, curator of the Cranham Collection and Doug Cheeseman, graphic designer.