| Arthur Edwards | |
| Birth Name: | Arthur John Edwards |
| Birth Date: | 1940 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | St Bernard's Grammar School |
| Alma Mater: | Anglia Ruskin University |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Employer: | The Sun |
| Known For: | Taking photographs of the British royal family |
Arthur Edwards (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.[1]
Edwards was born in August 1940, and educated at St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Stepney, London.[2] His mother worked as a cleaner and bought him his first camera, after saving from her wages.[3]
He joined The Sun in 1975, and has been with them ever since.[4]
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.[5] [6]