Liam White, Durrow and London, never forgot his roots
Internationally renowned photographer who made the world his home but never forgot his roots
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Liam White on assignment at the Diane Fossey gorilla study project in Rwanda in the early 1980s
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Liam White, who has died in London at the age of 88, was a member of a well-known Durrow family with strong Kilkenny connections.
Liam was an internationally-renowned photographer and photojournalist who covered major events and issues worldwide for several overseas publications as well as contributing to Irish media, particularly in the tourism sector.
Known more familiarly as Willie, he was born to William and Bridget White on November 26, 1932, the youngest son in a family of three boys and two girls. His father was a native of Errill and a member of the supervisory staff of Laois County Council. His mother, a native of West Waterford, had come to Laois in the early 1920s to manage a business that later became the Durrow Pharmacy.