About Troy Cryer

Troy Cryer has been behind a camera almost as long as he has been around old cars. A second-generation street rodder, Troy spent nights and weekends in the garage alongside his father, Andy Cryer, who was always willing to share what he knew about two lifelong passions: vintage automobiles and photography. Those early lessons took hold, and they have shaped Troy's work ever since, both in rebuilding old cars and in capturing them on film.

Father and son restored the family's 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan together, a car Andy purchased in Fort Worth in 1965. Troy still owns the sedan today, and it remains a touchstone as he continues to build and rebuild traditional hot rods.

On his twelfth birthday, Troy's grandmother, Bea Haggard, handed down her Nikkormat 35mm camera. That gift turned a curiosity into a discipline. In high school he studied photography formally, learning composition, exposure, and the patient craft of developing film in the darkroom, skills that still inform how he approaches an image.

Today, Troy photographs vintage cars with an eye shaped by decades of hands-on work, but his lens is not limited to the car events. His portfolio also includes landscapes and portraits of family and friends, the people and places that matter most to him. In recent years he has added videography to his craft, recording the special moments that clients and their families will return to for a lifetime.