My brother Joe Taylor, who has died aged 58 of cancer, worked as a film and television documentary cameraman for more than 30 years, including for the BBC’s Panorama and The South Bank Show on Sky Arts.
Joe left Thurston upper school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at 16 with the sole ambition to be a cameraman. Aged 18, he went to London, doggedly pursuing his path, writing countless letters and knocking on unreceptive doors. Finally, in 1986, he was taken up by Crystal Film and Video in Harlesden, north-west London, where he quickly progressed from camera assistant to staff cameraman.
