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{{Short description|Tanzanian photojournalist (1938–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox artist
| name             = Anwar Hussein
| honorific_prefix =
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1938|11|03|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Chunya]], [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]] (now Tanzania)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2024|09|23|1938|11|03|df=y}}
| death_place      =
| known_for        = Royal photography
| website          = http://www.anwarhussein.com/
}}
'''Anwar Hussein''' (3 November 1938 – 23 September 2024) was a Tanganyika-born British [[photojournalist]] and author. In 2016, he became the longest-serving photographer covering the [[British royal family]] and Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. He changed perceptions of the royal family through shooting casual photographs instead of formal [[portrait photography]].<ref name="kelly-20160616">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/how-to-capture-the-queens-best-angle/|title=How to capture the Queen's best angle|first=Guy|last=Kelly|date=16 June 2016|accessdate=18 December 2018|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|quote=40-year career, … longest-serving royal photographer … changed the way the Royal Family was perceived.}}</ref> Elizabeth II and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|The Queen Mother]] used his photographs on their [[Christmas cards]].<ref name="graf-20180519"/>
Two of Hussein's sons became royal photographers working independently of him.<ref name="graf-20180519">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/international/anwar-hussein-diana-war-meghans-wegbereiterin|title="Diana war Meghans Wegbereiterin"|trans-title="[[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]] was [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Meghan]]'s pioneer"|first=Michèle|last=Graf|date=19 May 2018|work=[[Schweizer Illustrierte]]|language=de|quote=Zwei meiner Söhne sind ebenfalls Royal-Fotografen geworden. … [[Hasnat Khan]] … Er ist wie ich Moslem}}</ref>
Anwar Hussein died after a long illness on 23 September 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anwar Hussein obituary: royal photographer for more than 50 years |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/anwar-hussein-w3vb82vlr |access-date=7 October 2024 |publisher=The Times |date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite book|isbn=9780600372035|title=H.R.H. Prince Charles|first=Anwar|last=Hussein|year=1978|first2=Wynford|last2=Vaughan-Thomas|authorlink2=Wynford Vaughan-Thomas|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/hrhprincecharles00huss}} [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]
* {{cite book|isbn=9780600372318|title=H.R.H. Prince Andrew|first=Anwar|last=Hussein|year=1978|publisher=Littlehampton|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_j4e9}} [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]
* {{cite book|first=Anwar|last=Hussein|title=Ireland's Historic Visitor|year=1979}} [[Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland]]
* {{cite book|first=Anwar|last=Hussein|title=La visite mémorable|language=fr|year=1980|publisher=Banner}} Pope John Paul II's visit to France
* {{cite book|first=John|last=Shelley|first2=Anwar|last2=Hussein|title=The Man From Rome ‒ Eyewitness to a momentous visit of Peace & Faith|year=1982|ASIN=B004LXMA4Q|asin-tld=uk}}  [[Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom]]
* {{cite book|isbn=9780681452527|title=The Royal Family Today|year=1993|publisher=Longmeadow|first=Jessica|last=Hodge|first2=Anwar|last2=Hussein}}
* {{cite book|isbn=9781902616568|title=The Boy Who Would be King: Complete Biography of Prince William|first=Nigel|last=Blundell|first2=Anwar|last2=Hussein|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/boywhowouldbekin0000blun/page/160 160]|publisher=Parkgate Books|url=https://archive.org/details/boywhowouldbekin0000blun/page/160}} [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge]]
* {{cite book|title=Diana, Memory of a Rose: A Personal Reminiscence|first=Susan|last=Maxwell Skinner|first2=Anwar|last2=Hussein|publisher=Betty Milner|isbn=978-0971479609|year=2001}} [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.anwarhussein.com/}}
* {{VIAF|237244112|284671445|311238756}}
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[[Category:1938 births]]
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[[Category:Tanzanian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British photojournalists]]
[[Category:People from Mbeya Region]]