Gilbert Taylor was prominently a master of black and white and a master of different universes. According to the British Society of Cinematographers, the influential "Star Wars" cinematographer, who worked on a number of stellar films, expired on Aug 23 at the age of 99. His wife, Dee Taylor, told the BBC News that her husband expired at their home on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. Taylor, a founding member of the cinematographers' society, entered the British film industry as a cameraman's assistant in the 1920s when he was still a teenager.