Yvonne Gregory (1889–1970) was a British society photographer.
Career
Gregory married fellow photographer
Bertram Park in 1916.
[ Gregory, Park and Marcus Adams established themselves as the "Three Photographers" and based their collective studio at 43 Dover Street in Mayfair.][ Their studio was initially funded by the Egyptologist George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon.][ Gregory and Park would collaborate on works, and Gregory would also pose for Park.][ She joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1926 and gained her Associate the same year and Fellowship in 1928.][Royal Photographic Society membership records. Accessed 24 March 2023.] She also exhibited regularly in RPS exhibitions.
Park and Gregory published several books together including 1935's The Beauty of the Female Form.[ The book arose from work they had produced for the first international photographic salon, held in Paris in 1933.][ Gregory, with and without Park, published extensively in nudist and naturist books and magazines from the 1930s onwards, a subject discussed in detail in Annebella Pollen's 2021 book, Nudism in a Cold Climate.]
Personal life
Gregory and Park had a daughter, June Park who became an architect.
Selected publications
- With Bertram Park
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Living sculpture: A record of expression in the human figure &c., Batsford, London, 1926. (With G. Montague Ellwood)
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The beauty of the female form, Routledge, London, 1934.
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Sun bathers: A companion volume to "The Beauty Of The Female Form": 48 photographic studies, Routledge, London, 1935.
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Curves and contrast of the human figure, Bodley Head, London, 1936.
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Eve in the sunlight, Hutchinson, 1937.
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A Study of sunlight and shadow on the female form for artists and art students , Bodley Head, London, 1939.
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