The photographer Gus Wylie has died aged 90 years. Wylie was a long term chronicler of Scottish island life, and his home county of Norfolk, and much more besides. He was perhaps best known for his book The Hebrideans. The Photographs 1974-2004 (2005).
Wylie taught at The Royal College of Art, London, the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and directed the MA in Fashion Photography at the University of the Arts, London. He published five books, four of which are on the Western Isles of Scotland and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2005.
He graduated three times at Postgraduate level in, respectively, Fine Art, Photography and Cultural History, all of which were gained at the Royal College of Art, London, and the last of which was a PhD.
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So sad.
He was a great photographer and educator.
He inspired me by encouraging me to follow my own path.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Be at peace
Hag