The man of many faces

This portrait of Andrews was taken by Danielle Tunstall, a former cleaner, who took up photography only two and a half years ago. Photograph: Danielle Tunstall Andrews was 54 and working as a solicitor when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Photograph: Mark Russell. Detail from At Home In The Dining Room When even holding a pen became difficult, Andrews accepted that his working life was over. Photograph: Mauro Sanna When even holding a pen became difficult, Andrews accepted that his working life was over. “I was very lucky in having an insurance policy that would give me a proportion of my salary,” Andrews says, “so when the consultant said I could give up work, I just burst into tears at the enormity of realising I was free." Photograph: David Secombe The project started when Andrews saw an ad in Time Out magazine in 2007 by a photographer looking to take portraits for a book. 'I thought it would be cool,' he says. Photograph: Spencer Murphy Now 128 photographers have taken a portrait of the father of two. Photograph: Sara Naim The idea for this image by Liz Orton came after Andrews described "a slowly diminishing tower of boxes as a metaphor for the way he’d taken back control of his life since he’d got Parkinson’s." Photograph: Liz Orton “For me, nakedness represents a stripping away of layers of identity, and also a sense of freedom that I don’t have to be what anyone expects," Andrews says. Photograph: Jillian Edelstein Mode/Volumes/editnas.dmz.gnl/Guardian/High /Volumes/editnas.dmz.gnl/Guardian/High Resolution Pictures/Weekend High Resolution/timandrews_11_wfe_0212_027Resolution Pictures/Weekend High Resolution/timandrews_11_wfe_0212_027l: Tim Andrews Photograph: Miss Aniela (Natalie Dybisz) Photograph: /Miss Aniela (Natalie Dybisz) Andrews began contacting established photographers whose work he admired, such as Rankin and Harry Borden, who took this image. Photograph: Harry Borden Photograph: Astrid Schulz "During the shoot," Rankin says of his ­portrait, "Tim was shaking a hell of a lot, but from the ­photograph you would never know he had ­Parkinson's – the photograph has the power to make him still again." An exhibition of Tim Andrews portraits is at the Lightbox gallery , Woking, until 27 February. See photographer Chris Floyd's video of Tim Andrews. Photograph: Rankin