Ken Griffiths, who has died aged 69 of motor neurone disease, was a photojournalist, landscape photographer, photo-essayist and advertising artist. His pictures advertising MG cars, British Telecom, British Airways, Ford, Pirelli, Renault, Smirnoff, Visa, Volvo, Sainsbury's and other brands were familiar to magazine and newspaper readers worldwide.
For Pirelli, in the runup to the 1998 World Cup finals in France, Griffiths photographed the Brazilian footballer Ronaldo, arms outstretched, controversially appearing to replace the famous Christ the Redeemer statue above Rio. Such assignments paid the bills, but Griffiths's greatest love was creating photo-essays, documentaries about people and places around the world, using his beloved 10x8 Gandolfi field camera.
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