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War photographer and Associated Press photo editor Horst Faas dies [update]

The celebrated war photographer Horst Faas, who early in his career became a photo editor at Associated Press, has died.

Obituary 10 May 2012

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Friends, colleagues remember Rémi Ochlik

Rémi Ochlik was killed in Homs, Syria on 22 February. Friends and colleagues tell BJP what made the young photographer one of a kind - "a man who knew better than take unnecessary risks."

Obituary 23 Feb 2012

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Sigma's founder Michihiro Yamaki dies

Sigma's founder and CEO Michihiro Yamaki has died after losing his battle to cancer. He was 78.

Obituary 30 Jan 2012

Celebrated printer Gene Nocon dies

Gene Nocon, "one of the best photographic printers of his generation", who worked with Terry O'Neill, Cecil Beaton and Terence Donovan, has died. He was 65.

Obituary 29 Nov 2011

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Photography curator Keith Cavanagh dies, aged 58

Simon James pays tribute to a man who was a tireless supporter of photography in the UK, best known for championing new talent and establishing the Tom Blau Gallery in London

Obituary 02 Feb 2011

RIP Trevor Gett

One of BJP's longest-term contributors, Trevor Gett, has died

Obituary 22 Nov 2010

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Geoffrey Crawley, the world-esteemed former editor of British Journal of Photography, has died

Geoffrey Crawley, a former BJP editor, photographic inventor, author, and the man who uncovered the world's longest-running photographic hoax has died [further updates]

Obituary 01 Nov 2010

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Civil rights photographer Bill Hudson dies

Bill Hudson, an Associated Press photographer who documented the police brutality during the civil rights era, has died last week. He was 77

Obituary 01 Jul 2010

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The man who taught the world to photograph

Photographer, author and educator John Hedgecoe has died

Books 07 Jun 2010

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