Reg Atkins, Park Cameras 1949-2023

Just as we’d sent our previous issue to press, sad news reached us of the death of Park Cameras founder Reg Atkins, following a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Reg founded the photo specialist back in 1971 as an ambitious 21-year-old with £500 cash in his pocket, a range of used stock and an old banger for transportation. Building the business up to become one of the leading UK photo independents, Reg would spend more than 40 years at the helm before retirement, eventually in 2013 handing the business over to his son Roscoe. In 2021 Park Cameras transitioned to an employee ownership trust. It currently has two stores, one in West Sussex and the other in Central London. Reg will be remembered fondly as a larger than life character, sadly missed.