Horace Roye

Tomorrow's Crucifixion (1938)

Horace Roye (born Horace Roye-Narbeth, 4 March 1906 - 11 June 2002) was a photographer. Roye's photograph Tomorrow's Crucifixion, depicting a nude model wearing a gas mask while pinned to a crucifix caused controversy when published in the North London Recorder in August 1938, but is now a noted photograph of its time. As a photographer of nudes, he successfully contested the obscenity laws of his day.

In 2002 at the age of 96, Roye was stabbed to death by an intruder at his home in the kasbah of Rabat, Morocco.

Publications

• Phyllis in Censorland. The Camera Studies Club, 1942 and later edition 1956.
• Perfect Womanhood. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1941.
• The English Maid. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1939.
• The Scottish Maid. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1940.
• The Irish Maid. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1941.
• Desirée. Chapman & Hall, London, 1942. Later, smaller sized paper backed edition, The Camera Studies Club, London.
• The Welsh Maid. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1942.
• Phyllis Dixey Album The Spotlight on Beauty Series no.3. The Camera Studies Club, Elstree. Relates to Phyllis Dixey.
• Rhapsody in Colour. The Camera Studies Club, London, 1943.
• Maids. Elstree Publications, Elstree, 1947.
• Canadian Beauty. The Camera Studies Club, 1952.
• Glamour on Parade No.1, Posed by George Black's Lovelies. The Camera Studies Club, Elstree.
• Nude Ego. Hutchinson, London, 1955.
• Unique Editions, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Art Publications, London.
• Unique Verdict - the Story of an Unsuccessful Prosecution. Art Publications, 1960.
• Unique Verdict – Art Supplement. Art Publications, London.
• Curves and Colour. The Camera Studies Club, London, 1943. With Walter Bird and John Everard.
• More Eves Without Leaves (with Walter Bird and John Everard). The Camera Studies Club, Elstree, 1941.
• Eves Without Leaves (with Walter Bird and John Everard). C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1940.
• Eternal Eve (with Walter Bird and John Everard). Elstree Publications, London, 1947.
• Arthur Ferrier's Lovelies. Photographs by Roye. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1941. Later, smaller sized paperback editions by the Camera Studies Club, London.

Sources

• "Horace Roye — Obituaries, News", The Independent (London), July 22, 2002, retrieved 2010-05-04
• Horwell, Veronica (June 21, 2002), "Obituary: Horace Roye", The Guardian (London), retrieved 2010-05-04

External links

• The Photography of Roye