Wilf became involved in photography while working as a clerk in a camera shop in the 1970's in Perth, a small town in his native Scotland, where what began as a routine job turned into a lifelong passion. Aiming for the top, Wilf went to work for a prestigious photographic equipment store in the South of England, selling mainly Leicas and Hasselblads.

"My training in life and photography began here," said Wilf, years later. "I was introduced to the best, in equipment and photographers. Over the twelve years I worked in retail photography I met professional and dedicated amateur photographers whose work ranged from wars and famine in Africa to photographing flowers in back gardens, and everything in between."

In 1975, a friend took him to a lecture and slide show in London given by landscape photography icon Ansel Adams, whose photographs and lecture made a life-changing impression.

It was at this time that maverick photojournalist John Robert Young became a key mentor. It was Young who introduced Wilf to darkroom work, and it was from Young that Wilf learned his darkroom technique and appreciation and love of black and white images.

By 1985 Wilf was shooting and selling photographs as a professional freelancer. Some of his earliest commissions included producing thousands of photographs for the Brighton Tourist Board in Southern England, whose varied assignments included everything from photographing stage productions, political rallies, interiors and exteriors of hotels, to politicians, actors, rock stars, comedians and all aspects of life in the bustling seaside town.

In the early 1990's, deciding to realize a dream, he packed his camera and set off on a journey that took him to North America, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

"The experience of undertaking such a voyage will never leave me," says Wilf, noting that the quality of his work increased enormously.

"No longer did I have to look at the work of other photographers working in exotic locations. I now had photographs of my own."

Upon his return to Great Britain, he first settled in his native Scotland, but shortly after, moved to Paris. Since then, he has photographed in France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the USA and India.

Wilf's work is syndicated worldwide by the prestigious Getty Images Agency. To date, his images have appeared in more than fifty countries; in magazines, books, on book and CD covers, calendars, in editorial and advertising. His riveting portraits and signature imagery have been shown in exhibits all over Europe, and his reputation is beginning to expand in North America. Most recently, he has shown at the "Visa Pour L'Image" at the International Festival of Photojournalism, the largest gathering of photojournalists in the world held annually in Perpignan, in the South of France.

Wilf divides his time between homes in Paris and the beautiful seaside village of Peyriac-de-Mer in Southwest France near the frontier with Spain.