‘Dellmar’ remembered as loyal, considerate bespoke photojournalist

Family, friends, and colleagues paid glowing tributes to celebrated photojournalist Hadley “Dellmar” Samuels on Saturday, bringing to a close a colourful and exceptional career that saw him travel the world capturing events through his lens for posterity.

Among the tributes paid to Samuels, who passed on August 1, 2026 at age 84, was former Prime Minister PJ Patterson who described his late friend as a bespoke photojournalist.

“His active engagement in the Jamaica Progressive League ignited the spark of nationalist fervour which impelled him to return home and contribute through the mastery of the camera to the wave of our cultural evolution and the quest to fashion an egalitarian society,” Patterson said in his tribute, read by veteran journalist and broadcaster Fae Ellington.