Walter Bird (photographer)

Walter Bird
FRPS
Bird, a man in his sixties, wearing spectacles, a bow tie, and a short, neat beard.
Photographed by Godfrey Argent in 1966
Born1903
DiedMarch 4, 1969(1969-03-04) (aged 65–66)
NationalityBritish

Walter Bird FRPS (1903–4 March 1969) was a British photographer. Bird became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939.[1] From 1958 he was chief photographer for J. Russell & Sons, eventually purchasing the business in 1961. From 1958 to 1967 he was the official photographer for the National Photographic Record, initiated by the National Portrait Gallery to record important and influential citizens. He was a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

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