Post by Salem6 on Nov 11, 2005 9:30:23 GMT
Royal photographer Lord Lichfield has died at the age of 66 after suffering a major stroke.
Lord Lichfield was the Queen's cousin
The Queen was among the first to pay tribute to Lord Lichfield, saying she was "deeply saddened" at the news.
Lord Lichfield was the Queen's first cousin once removed and was the official photographer at the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Diana.
He was being treated in the stroke unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after falling ill.
The renowned photographer had been staying in the area with friends when he suffered a stroke. He died at 0400 GMT on Friday.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "It's a private matter. The Queen is deeply saddened and will be sending private condolences."
Lord Lichfield has often been asked by the royals to take their official portraits.
Royal wedding
He photographed the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh for couple's Golden Jubilee in 2002.
In July 1981, he took the official wedding photographs for the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
In a career spanning 40 years, Lord Lichfield has worked for Vogue and photographed many stars, including Sixties singer Marsha Hunt, Michael Caine and Joanna Lumley.
Patrick Lichfield first picked up a camera at the age of seven and took his first pictures of the Queen as he played cricket against Eton.
He was a soldier in the Grenadier Guards before becoming an assistant in a photographic studio in London.
In the early 1960s he struck out on his own and worked for newspapers and magazines, including Life. He also was given a five-year contract with American Vogue.
As well as editorial photography, he worked on advertising commissions across several industries, including fashion, tobacco and pharmaceuticals.
Teaching role
Recently the British Tourist Authority commissioned Lord Lichfield and each year he shot the Unipart Calendar in locations around the world.
He was awarded fellowships of both the British Institute of Professional Photographers and the Royal Photographic Society.
He was recently involved in Hot Shots, a television series for Discovery Real Time, where amateur photographers are taught by professionals.
Interviewed in October by the BBC News website he told reporter Caroline Briggs: "Remember that the person you are photographing is 50% of the portrait and you are the other 50%.
"You need the model as much as he or she needs you. If they don't want to help you, it will be a very dull picture."
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