Photojournalist who covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the collapse of communism in eastern Europe Photojournalist who covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the collapse of communism in eastern Europe The photographer Brian Harris, who has died aged 73 of cancer, left school at 16 to become a messenger boy, and went on to become one of the most respected British photojournalists of his generation. He travelled the world as a freelance or a staffer for Fleet Street titles