Horace Roye
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Horace Narbeth (4 March 1906 – 11 June 2002), known professionally as Roye, was a British photographer.[1][2]
Life and work
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 later became a noted photograph of its time.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1954 with a fellow photographer called Vala, Roye came up with the Roye-Vala 3-D Process. Not to miss an opportunity his company The Camera Studies Club published the Stereo Glamour Series of 3-D books of nude studies and pin-ups.[3] As a photographer of nudes, he successfully contested the obscenity laws of his day. An account of which he published in 1960 in the booklet Unique Verdict – the Story of an Unsuccessful Prosecution.[4]
Roye retired to Portugal. During the 1974 revolution, he was besieged in his house, holding out with a shotgun. Forced to sell up he returned to England.[4] In 1980, he made his final move to Rabat, the capital of Morocco. He became Morocco's oldest British expatriate, and he was also the longest-serving member of the British Institute of Professional Photographers. He took up parasailing at the age of 75 and water-skied on the river Bouregeg until he was 78 years old.[5]
Roye was married three times. His first marriage was to actress Joan Dare. He later married Renee Bernadeau who had been a French dancer. His final marriage was to Marilyn, a Canadian model who died in 1993.[5]
In 2002 at the age of 96, Roye was stabbed to death by an intruder at his home in the kasbah of Rabat.
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, 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.[6]
- Unique Editions, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Art, London.
- Unique Verdict - the Story of an Unsuccessful Prosecution. Art, 1960.
- Unique Verdict – Art Supplement. Art, 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, 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.
References
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