Innovative Glamour Photographer Peter Gowland Dies At 93

Peter Gowland has died at 93. He was an innovative glamour photographer who invented high-quality large-format cameras, designed scaffolding to shoot swimsuit-clad models at his pool and shot more than 1,000 magazine covers. His exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades.

His wife, Alice, was a key part of the business. Gowland and his wife, had their first date on the same day Pearl Harbor was bombed, and (despite it being a “date which would live in infamy,” as he later joked) they eloped two weeks later in Las Vegas. She would sell his pinup photography when he was drafted into the war. Later, her presence would set models at ease when they sat in front of his camera.

In the 60+ years to follow, Peter and Alice Gowland would revolutionize the world of photography together. More information can be found at Peter Gowland's website. and his obituary.

Jayne Mansfield photo copyright Peter Gowland.



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