The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Long-serving press lensman
Award-winning f o rm e r Abe rdeen Jou rna l s photographer Nick Anderson will be remembered as a quiet but accomplished professional.
Mr Anderson, who joined the Evening Express as a photographer in the 1960 s, died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary earlier this month, aged 77.
He followed in his father Ian’s footsteps to join the photographic team at Aberdeen
Journals, where he spent more than 30 years.
He gained the respect of peers throughout the profession and picked up a national accolade.
Charlie Flett, a colleague on the photographic team, said:
“Nick was very nice, efficient and very good at his job. He was a very personal and private man. His own man as it were.”
In 1999, Mr Anderson, who was working for the Evening Express at the time, won a top award for a dramatic shot capturing the mo m e n t a ma n surrendered to armed police after holding his former wife hostage during a siege in Aberdeen.
At the time Mr Anderson, then 56, said he came close to missing the moment because it was taken with the last frame on his roll of film.
He said: “I was taking pictures throughout the day and hadn’t checked the numbers on my film.
“By the time the guy walked out, I pushed the button and ran out of film. It was a horrible feeling.
“Luckily enough, it was the right photo, but I was a bit scared when I was processing the film.”
T he image sec ured Mr Anderson Best News Picture of 1999 in the Bell’s Press Photography Awards – beating entries from national newspapers and freelances from all over Scotland.
He was a husband to Marion, father of Greg, Neil and Leigh, husband of the late Kathy and stepfather to James and Gary, brother of Jude and a much-loved grandfather.