Lorna Yabsley (born 19 July 1964 in

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former actress, photographer and author, who pioneered the "

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" style of

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during the early 1990s. As a teenager she attended

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. She also spent much of this time acting in television dramas and serials. She starred in the '' Tales of the Unexpected'' episode " The Flypaper", which became a cult favorite. She adopted the stage name Lorna Charles in 1980, and starred alongside

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-directed ''

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''. Her career in photography started at the age of 18, when she began working as an assistant for

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. Together they set up the specialist photo library Landscape Only.

Bibliography

* Yabsley, Lorna – Dream Wedding Photography – publisher

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May 2010 / hardback paperback * Yabsley, Lorna – Introduction to Wedding Photography: A Guide to Photographing the Big Day – publisher

July 2012 / paperback * Yabsley, Lorna – The Busy Girl's Guide to Digital Photography – publisher

October 2013 / paperback * Yabsley, Lorna – Tate: The Photography Ideas Book (The Art Ideas Books) - publisher

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October 2019 / paperback

Filmography (sometimes credited as Lorna Charles)

References

External links

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Lorna Yabsley filmography
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Lorna Charles filmography
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Tales of the Unexpected
at Mondo Digital
Armchair Thriller
at Nostalgia Central

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