My friend Glyn Jones, who has died aged 81, was a medical sales representative for the Wellcome Foundation but, outside work, one of his passions was photography. He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1951, achieved associateship in 1987 and the prestigious fellowship in 1989, both with monochrome prints of Lincolnshire Wolds landscapes.
He was a staunch supporter of the RPS East Midlands regional events, a member of Newark Photographic Society from 1971 and also a member for a period of the Retford Photographic Society. Glyn participated in photographic postal portfolios, in which members exchange work, with 35 Postal Club, the Leica Postal Portfolios and United Postal Portfolios. He was a respected judge and lecturer for photographic societies. For many years he was a freelance photographer for the Nottingham Evening Post.
Glyn was born in Liverpool of Welsh parents. He was proud of his Welsh heritage and learned the Welsh language, which enabled him to trace his family history back through very many generations. He attended Liverpool high school before going on to Liverpool University, graduating with a degree in chemistry. He was a passionate supporter of Liverpool football club and a great follower of cricket. It was through sport that he met his future wife, Mary, when playing competitive table tennis; they married in 1960 in Liverpool.
After leaving university, Glyn worked for a time at Rolls-Royce, in Derby, then at Fisons pharmaceutical and chemical company, and as a radiography engineer with Kodak, before joining the Wellcome Foundation, working in the East Midlands and living near Newark. He delighted in telling the story of an occasion when he took his young son, Justin, with him on a day's work; on the way home, Justin asked what sort of a job it was that involved only talking to people all day.
He stood, unsuccessfully, as Liberal candidate for Newark in the 1974 general election. Glyn was a keen gardener and had a particular interest in fuchsias, breeding new varieties with names such as Spion Kop, Kenny Dalglish, Bill Shankly and Leica. He was also a keen local historian and was involved with archaeological digs at Newark Castle, as well as being a founder member of the Coddington Local History Society near Newark.
Glyn is survived by Mary, Justin and two granddaughters, Hannah and Cara.