Peter Andrew Gowland (April 3, 1916 – March 17, 2010) was a famous American glamour photographer and actor.

[1][2][3] He was known for designing and building his own studio equipment and was active professionally for six decades with his business partner, Alice Beatrice Adams, whom he married in 1941.

In the late 1950s, Gowland also invented the twin-lens Gowlandflex camera, which used 4-by-5 inch film for high-quality pictures.

The son of Gibson Gowland and Sylvia Andrew, both actors, he acted in at least 12 films, mostly uncredited.

The book was authored by professors R. Frederick Becker, James S. W. Wilson, and John A. Gehweiler, and was met with scandal and a feminist boycott, which resulted in the withdrawal by the publisher after only 5000 copies were distributed.