For around half a century, whenever a British publisher wanted to get a new picture for the next book by a major author, as often as not they would turn to Mark Gerson.
Mark, who has died aged 104, had all the gifts of a great photographer with one special skill: a knack of getting his subjects to trust him. He always preferred to visit people in their own surroundings, as informally as possible. He read their books; he read their minds.
