Bus named after popular Brighton based photographer

To coincide with this week's launch of the Roger Bamber: Out of the Ordinary exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton & Hove Buses has named a bus in his honour.

Roger, an immensely talented and well known multi award-winning photographer, had a very close working relationship with the bus company. Over the years, 21 pieces of his photographic work (that featured Brighton & Hove buses) were used as front page covers by Bus Times.

Each of the front cover photographs was planned up to a year in advance to ensure it was topical for both the Bus Times Summer and Winter editions. Roger was known by many at Brighton & Hove Buses for being a true perfectionist with his work.

The very first Bus Times cover to feature Roger’s photography was the 2001/2002 Winter Edition. The cover was an instant hit, featuring a reflection of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion in the distinctive curved windscreen of a Marshall bodied Dennis Dart, Brighton & Hove Bus.

Ed Wills, Managing Director at Brighton & Hove Buses said: “Roger absolutely belongs on the front of a Brighton & Hove Bus, as he is very much part of our history. And what better time than with the launch of the Out of the Ordinary exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery that celebrates all his great work. On the day of the bus naming, I had the honour of meeting with Rogers' wife, Shân, and hear first-hand how much he loved to photograph and travel on our buses. We are honoured to now have his name on one of our buses.”

Hedley Swain, Chief Executive of Brighton & Hove Museums said: “Roger Bamber is an important national figure in news photography, but he is also very much a Brighton figure. I am so pleased that Brighton & Hove Museums is holding this exhibition. We are incredibly grateful to Roger’s wife Shân Lancaster for all her support since Roger’s untimely death last year. We hope the exhibition will be a fitting memorial to his achievement, and we are also delighted that he is being honoured on the front of a Brighton & Hove bus."

Roger Bamber has been named on bus fleet number 202.

The Roger Bamber: Out of the Ordinary exhibition is held at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from the 1st April until 3rd September. Find out more here.