Arthur Edwards (photographer)
{{short description|British photographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arthur Edwards
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|size=100%}}
| birth_name = Arthur John Edwards
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1940|8|12}}
| birth_place = London, United Kingdom
| nationality = British
| education = St Bernard's Grammar School
| alma_mater = Anglia Ruskin University
| occupation = Photographer
| employer = The Sun
| years_active =
| known_for = Taking photographs of the British royal family
| notable_works =
}}
Arthur Edwards {{post-nominals|MBE}} (born 12 August 1940), is a British photographer, working for The Sun newspaper, who specialises in pictures of the British royal family, with whom he has toured often.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/looking-through-a-royal-lens-with-arthur-edwards/story-fnisprwn-1226882035296|title=Looking through a royal lens with Arthur Edwards|last=Shorten|first=Kristin|date=13 April 2014|work=news.co.au|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
Early life and education
Edwards was born in August 1940, and educated at St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Stepney, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/17055/Arthur-John-EDWARDS |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140828195731/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/17055/Arthur-John-EDWARDS |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 August 2014 |title=Arthur John EDWARDS |publisher=Debrett's |accessdate=28 August 2014 }} His mother worked as a cleaner and bought him his first camera, after saving from her wages.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/7d65026a#b0150dt1 |title=Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Arthur Edwards |publisher=BBC |accessdate=28 August 2014}}
He joined The Sun in 1975, and has been with them ever since.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/prince-wales-calls-me-arthur-and-i-call-him-sir-suns-arthur-edwards-nearly-40-years-photographing/ |title='The Prince of Wales calls me Arthur and I call him sir': Royal photographer reflects on 40-year Sun career |last=Twitter |first=William Turvill |date=21 April 2015|website=Press Gazette |access-date=7 November 2019}}
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 September 2011.
Edwards was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for "outstanding service to newspapers" and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Anglia Ruskin University in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://nps.nikonimaging.com/members/arthur_edwards/|title=Arthur Edwards – Professional Insights|publisher=Nikon Professional Services|accessdate=28 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/10/sun-angliaruskinuniversity|title=Now it's Dr Arthur Edwards, the photographer royal|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|date=10 October 2012|work=The Guardian|accessdate=28 August 2014}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Edwards |first=Arthur |author-mask=2 |title=Arthur Edwards' Magic Moments: The Greatest Royal Photographs of All Time |year=2011 |publisher=Metro Books |isbn=978-1843584131 }}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|nm2172436}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Photographers from London
Category:The Sun (United Kingdom) people
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