Background
Roger Wood was born on August 6, 1920, in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Roger Wood was born on August 6, 1920, in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Roger Wood studied photography at Harrow Technical School and Bolt Court, London.
A self-employed proprietor since 1947, Roger Wood previously was assistant editor of The Amateur Photographer magazine in London and assistant production controller for film finishing at Kodak Ltd., Harrow, England. He was one of two official photographers at the Royal Opera House from 1949 to 1953 and also worked at Glyndebourne, taking pictures of operatic stars such as Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas, and Tito Gobbi.
Roger Wood was a member of the National Union of Journalists since 1953 and was named a fellow of RPS in 1951 and of the Royal Society of Arts in 1978.