|
Photographers Bertram Park and Yvonne Gregory married in 1916. They
opened a studio with Marcus Adams on at 43 Dover Street, London. Bertram
Park and Yvonne Gregory's style was similar to John Everard's but a
little more refined. They did some outdoor work which I have not seen
yet and hope to get onto this page.
"Bertram Park was a highly regarded establishment photographer whose
body of work encompassed both society portraits, still life, and figure
studies. He exhibited as part of the European avant-garde movement in
the first international salon of the photographic which took place in
Paris in 1933 in the company of Man Ray, Drtikol, Albin-Guillot, Yva,
Moholy-Nagy, and others, in all photographers from 17 countries. A
catalogue of that exhibition entitled 'Nus: La Beaute de La Femme' was
subsequently published by Daniel Masclet is rare and is regularly listed
as one of the landmark books of photography. In 1935 Bertam Park and
Yvonne Gregory published 'The Beauty Of The Female Form' containing 48
photoengraved plates of romantic s in a pictorialist style and
spectacular settings using powerful contrasts of light. The best
compositions however are those taken in the open air, on beaches or in
meadows with models posing in a completely natural way. 'The Beauty of
Female Form' is becoming more difficult to obtain since its inclusion in
Alessandro Bertolotti's 'Books On Nudes'." -Private Peeks Member
Sources: *Private Peeks Member, National Portrait Gallery, Amazon, Abe
Books
|
