Reg Wilson

Photographer.

Born in London in 1937, Reg Wilson grew up as a teenager in the 1950s. On leaving school he trained in photography at Regent Street Polytechnic. After National Service he landed the job of assistant to leading theatre photographer Houston Rogers. Going freelance as a theatre photographer in the early 1960s, Reg rose to the top of his profession, renowned both for his brilliant camera technique and his printing skills in the darkroom.

He photographed over 2,600 mainstream productions of drama, opera, dance and music in the UK as well as a host of stars ranging from Maria Callas and Laurence Olivier to Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Dame Edna and The Beatles. Widely reproduced in books, magazines, record sleeves, dust jackets and posters, many of Reg's images are classics. One of his most celebrated photographs is of Princess Diana and Wayne Sleep dancing on stage at Covent Garden.