# @gettyimages on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uqsXRp6hq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16446355-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-04-08T18:01:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

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Learning his craft on Fleet Street, the London location synonymous with 20th century photojournalism, John Downing was to travel the world with his camera in a career of over fifty years.⁠
The Welsh photographer, who passed away this morning, will be remembered for both his coverage of the world's major conflicts, and his insightful, evocative images of the UK. Epic in composition, but softened with wit and empathy, the greatest images of Downing's were last year collected in 'Legacy', published by Blue Coat Press.⁠
Winning the British Press Photographer of the Year award an unprecedented seven times, and honoured with an MBE for Services to Journalism, Downing's lens encountered royalty, criminals, the celebrated and downtrodden, leaving behind a remarkable document of our times.⁠
Director of Getty Images Archive, bob_ahern here pays tribute to a master of photography: ⁠
"If you are a photographer never underestimate the impact you have on a younger generation of the photo world. The insights, color, stories, the passing on of experience are of immeasurable value.  And John Downing was not only one of the most influential of his generation of newspaper photographers, but also one of the most gracious and modest. Like so many others, I will be forever grateful for the time spent learning (and laughing!) from one of the true greats of Fleet Street."⁠
To explore Downing's legacy, follow today's Story gettyarchive or follow the bio link.⁠
📷: Rotten Row in London's Hyde Park, circa 1965 | John Downing/Getty Images | #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠
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