Celebrating Independent's 'fearless' former chief photographer, Brian Harris

Harris, who has died at 73, captured major world events, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and four presidential races

- HOLLY EVANS

The Independent’s former chief photographer, Brian Harris, has died aged 73 after a short battle with cancer.

He joined the paper in 1986 shortly after it was launched, having previously worked as a staff photographer at The Times, becoming a regular and well-known face on Fleet Street.

Over the course of his 55-year career, he covered key global events such as the end of the civil war in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe), famine in Ethiopia and the Sudan, and the aftermath of the Falklands War.