Handwritten "Oasis tonight, sold out" sign at the London Astoria, 10 May 2005. Photograph: Charles Pycraft
10 May 2005 · Oasis sold-out sign, London Astoria, 2005 · Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID

Charles Pycraft

Photographer · Investigations · Partisan

Pictures, investigations and Partisan

I'm Charles Pycraft. From 1999 to 2014 I worked as a London press and paparazzi photographer for national newspapers and magazines, and that archive is now licensed through Backgrid. Since 2017 I've supported and followed OffshoreAlert's work and attended its conferences, and I work on offshore and financial investigations. I'm also co-founder of Partisan, which helps law firms and investigation teams show that documents are complete and unchanged.

Those years taught me how stories form and how coverage develops. I now put that to work in research, due diligence and communications advice for clients.

Work with me

Archive

Pictures and stories from my years as a London press and paparazzi photographer, 1999 to 2014.

Offshore & Investigations

Offshore finance, asset recovery and the paper trails behind them.

Partisan

Partisan records a file's fingerprint without seeing or keeping the document, gives a dated receipt, and shows a file is unchanged since it was recorded.