Henry Louis Gibson a British-born American pioneering medical photographer, was born in Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and died in Rochester, New York State, United States of America. He was for many years editor and consultant in medical, biological, scientific, and technical photography for the Eastman Kodak Company. He received his B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Illinois. He was a president of the Biological Photographic Association. He was made a Fellow of the association and in 1960 received its highest honor, the Louis Schmidt Award for his outstanding contribution to scientific photography. He was an expert in medical uses of infrared radiation and had pioneered its use in detecting breast cancer.