John H. Boyd

John Harold Boyd, also referred to as John Boyd Jr. was a Canadian photographer for The Globe and Mail, based in Toronto, Ontario. He was also a founding member and early president of the Commercial and Press Photographers' Association of Canada.

Mike Filey, the author of a long-running column, in the Toronto Sun, on the history of Toronto, described Boyd as a technical innovator, who modified and tuned his cameras, which, incidentally, gave them a distinct appearance.

The Globe and Mail He was hired by the Globe as the newspapers first (and at that time, only) staff photographer in December 1922. He remained at the Globe and Mail until his retirement in 1964. He was also the first news photographer to write his own captions, a skill learned from his father.

Payne, Carol and Andrea Kunard. The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011). White, Randall. Too good to be true: Toronto in the 1920s (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1993).