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Sir Mick Jagger and Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes are among the stars who have paid tribute to photographer Peter Beard, who has died at the age of 82.

Sir Mick called his close friend a "visionary artist", while Rhodes said Beard's appreciation of "beauty and art was an inspiration".

Beard was a highly influential photographer, primarily renowned for his daring wildlife shots.

He had dementia and his body was found after he went missing on 31 March.

A hunter found him over the weekend in a remote wooded area of a state park in Long Island, east of New York City, local police said.

"We are all heartbroken by the confirmation of our beloved Peter's death," his family said in a statement.

Beard's career spanned six decades and resulted in a huge body of work that combined photography, collage and scrap books covering wildlife and conservation as well as fashion and fine art.

He was a regular at the iconic Studio 54 disco club and a mainstay in the fashion world, famously discovering the model Iman, who married David Bowie, and photographing some of the world's top supermodels.

'One of life's great adventurers'

Sir Mick took to Instagram to share a memory of his friendship with the photographer.

"Sad to hear my dear friend Peter Beard has died, he was a visionary artist and photographer, who wasn't afraid to take risks," he wrote.

"My thoughts are with his wife Nejma and daughter Zara."