Albert Arthur Allen (May 8, 1886 – January 25, 1962) was an American figure photographer and film director known for nude portraiture.
At the age of twenty-one, he moved to California and spent years traveling and studying art.
In 1916, he opened the Allen Art Studios in Oakland, California, where he devoted his efforts to refining photographic techniques.
His nude photographs were considered scandalous by American standards during the Roaring Twenties.
He was indicted for sending obscene materials through interstate mail, and spent years in litigation.