Horace Roye was one of the 20th century's pioneering photographers. Roye's photo 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 recognised as one the major pre-war photographic images of the 20th century. As a noted photographer of nudes, he successfully contested the obscenity

Obscenity

An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious...

 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

Kasbah

A kasbah or qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress .It was a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack. A kasbah has high walls, usually without windows. Sometimes, they were built on hilltops so that they could be more easily defended...

 of Rabat, Morocco.

Published works

• 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
  Phyllis Dixey
  Phyllis Dixey was a British singer, dancer and impresario. Her earlier career was as a singer in variety shows in Britain. During World War II, she joined ENSA and entertained the British forces...
  
   Album-The Spotlight on Beauty Series no.3.The Camera Studies Club, Elstree.
• 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 (with Walter Bird and John Everard). The Camera Studies Club, London.1943.
• 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 paper backed editions by the Camera Studies Club, London.

External links

• The Photography of Roye